"It's Christmas day" for those waiting on Microsoft's first showing of virtualizationhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/jonbox/archive/2007/12/18/it-s-christmas-day-for-those-waiting-on-microsoft-s-first-showing-of-virtualization.aspxA quote from ADT article, titled Microsoft Releases Beta of Key Virtualization Product , says that "Microsoft today made a surprise announcement that Hyper-V, code-named "Viridian," is available as a public beta with Windows Server 2008en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)