Microsoft Corp. appears well positioned to gain Hyper-V virtualization software users from among its existing customers, judging from the comments of attendees at the company's virtualization launch party today.
Amazon.com Inc. is one company testing Hyper-V. So far, it is running two virtual servers, one as a testbed and one live, said Joe Stewart, a hardware developer at Seattle-based Amazon.com, speaking from the show floor.
Stewart said he looked at virtualization software from other providers, including VMware Inc., but he has settled on Hyper-V, in part because he has found that applications generally work best when running on virtualization software made by the same vendor. Since Amazon.com relies heavily on Microsoft, Hyper-V is likely to work the best, he said.
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