In an article published by iTWire, VMware has predicted that windows and other operating systems as we know them are on the way out, instead  replacing them are virtual appliances running on layers of Linux.
If you need a router and a firewall you go to Cisco, they provide with the appliance, if something goes wrong you call Cisco and they sort it.
Instead of buying a Microsoft commercial operating system;
“They use their own open source OS, a very thin layer of operating system. They take out all the unnecessary components that …

Fusion has come out number one in in the annual PC world awards for best virtualization product placing 79th overall in rankings of the best products of 2008.
“These awards go to the best technology products we’ve seen in the last 12 months,” said Edward N. Albro, editor of PC World. “Our editors looked at hundreds of hardware, software and Web products to compile this list of outstanding performers. Congratulations to VMware Fusion.”
The full story can be found at vmware.com and at PCWorld.com