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Stacey Higginbotham, Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 9:28 AM PT
Unless you’re an information technology manager or a Wall Street banker still drooling over VWware’s $32 billion market cap, virtualization is not sexy. But it soon might be, with VMware’s agreement to buy desktop virtualization startup Thinstall. Bringing virtual software to the desktop for employees and consumers effectively makes the portable desktop a reality.