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The following is about '''Virtualization development'''. In computing, [[virtualization]] is the use of a computer to simulate another computer. Through virtualization, a ''host'' simulates a ''guest'' by exposing virtual hardware devices, which may be done through software or by allowing access to a physical device connected to the machine.

In computing, [[virtualization]] is the use of a computer to simulate another computer. The following is a chronological list of virtualization technologies.

== Timeline ==

'''Note:''' This timeline is missing data for important historical systems, including: Atlas Computer (Manchester), GE 645, Burroughs B5000.

=== 1960s ===

{{Main|IBM CP-40|CP/CMS|History of CP/CMS|IBM System/360 Model 67}}

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* June, Connectix launches its first version of Virtual PC for Windows.[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/30/BU186669.DTL&type=business]

* July, VMware creates the first [[x86]] server virtualization product.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060827064533/http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/gsx_win_release.html]

* Egenera, Inc. launches their Processor Area Network (PAN Manager) software and BladeFrame chassis which provide hardware virtualization of processing blade's (pBlade) internal disk, network interface cards, and serial console.[http://www.egenera.com/company-overview.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714172919/http://www.egenera.com/company-overview.htm |date=July 14, 2011 }}

* The first version of [[Virtuozzo]], based on OpenVZ, is released. <ref>{{cite web |last=Hochstätter |first= Christoph H. |date=March 14, 2007 |title=Virtuozzo Company History Timeline |url=https://www.zdnet.de/39152346/virtuozzo-starke-performance-von-virtuellen-linux-servern/ |accessdate=January 7, 2023 |publisher=zdnet}}</ref>

;2003

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061104033953/http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/player_beta.html October 24, 2005] VMware releases [[VMware Player]], a free player for virtual machines.

* Sun releases [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] 10, including [[Solaris Zones]], for both x86/x64 and SPARC systems.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200220100525/https://libvirt.org/news-2005.html December 19, 2005] First release of the open-source platform virtualisation manager, [[libvirt]].

;2006

*June 15, 2006

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061004161218/http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/server.html July 12, 2006] VMware releases [[VMware Server]], a free machine-level virtualization product for the server market.

* Microsoft Virtual PC 2006 is released as a free program, also in July.

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* [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/News January 15, 2007] InnoTek releases [[VirtualBox]] Open Source Edition (OSE), the first professional PC virtualization solution released as open source under the GNU General Public License ([[GPL]]). It includes some code from the [[QEMU]] project.

* Sun releases [[Solaris Containers#Branded zones|Solaris 8 Containers]] to enable migration of a Solaris 8 computer into a Solaris Container on a Solaris 10 system – for SPARC only.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090511144617/http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007/09/24/windows-server-2008-rc0-released.aspx September 24, 2007] [[Microsoft]] releases the first public build of its hypervisor, [[Hyper-V]], codenamed "Viridian".

;2008

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033011/http://networkcomputing.com/article/printFullArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=UIMHZ2V1NMPRKQSNDLRSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=192202544 Application Virtualization: Streamlining Distribution] August 31, 2006—By James Drews

* [http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/virtual/default.mspx Windows Virtualization] from Microsoft

* [http://www.vmware.com/pdf/virtualization.pdf#search=%22hypervisor%20VMware%20virtualization%20layer%22 Virtualization Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230354/http://www.vmware.com/pdf/virtualization.pdf#search=%22hypervisor%20VMware%20virtualization%20layer%22 |date=March 3, 2016 }} from VMware

* [http://www.kernelthread.com/publications/virtualization/ An introduction to Virtualization] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504153848/http://www.kernelthread.com/publications/virtualization/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060504192215/http://rentzsch.com/notes/virtualizationAsAnAntivirus Weblog post] on the how virtualization can be used to implement [[Mandatory Access Control]].

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