{"id":394,"date":"2006-08-12T13:50:14","date_gmt":"2006-08-12T20:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2006\/08\/12\/newsletter-350-preview-why-the-death-of-virtual-pc-is-another-microsoft-failure\/"},"modified":"2015-06-28T07:10:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T14:10:20","slug":"newsletter-350-preview-why-the-death-of-virtual-pc-is-another-microsoft-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2006\/08\/newsletter-350-preview-why-the-death-of-virtual-pc-is-another-microsoft-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #350 Preview: Why the Death of Virtual PC is Another Microsoft Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the news was first broadcast that Microsoft had acquired the rights to Connectix Virtual PC in February 2003, I had mixed feelings. 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