▁it ▁has ▁entered ▁into ▁a ▁definit ive ▁agreement ▁to ▁ac quire ▁Th install , ▁a ▁priv ately ▁held ▁application ▁virtual ization ▁software ▁company . ▁ ▁February ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Sun ▁Mic ros ystem s ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁entered ▁into ▁a ▁stock ▁purchase ▁agreement ▁to ▁ac quire ▁in note k , ▁mak ers ▁of ▁Virtual Box . ▁ ▁In ▁April , ▁VM ware ▁releases ▁VM ware ▁Work station ▁ 6 . 5 ▁beta , ▁the ▁first ▁program ▁for ▁Windows ▁and ▁Linux ▁to ▁enable ▁Direct X ▁ 9 ▁acceler ated ▁graphics ▁on ▁Windows ▁XP ▁guests ▁. ▁ ▁Year ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 6 0 s , ▁IBM ' s ▁Cambridge ▁Scient ific ▁Center ▁developed ▁CP - 4 0 , ▁the ▁first ▁version ▁of ▁CP / C MS . ▁It ▁went ▁into ▁production ▁use ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁From ▁its ▁in ception , ▁CP - 4 0 ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁implement ▁full ▁virtual ization . ▁Do ing ▁so ▁required ▁hardware ▁and ▁micro code ▁custom ization ▁on ▁a ▁S / 3 6 0 - 4 0 , ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁necessary ▁address ▁translation ▁and ▁other ▁virtual ization ▁features . ▁Exper ience ▁on ▁the ▁CP - 4 0 ▁project ▁provided ▁input ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁IBM ▁System / 3 6 0 - 6 7 , ▁announced ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁( al ong ▁with ▁its ▁ill - star red ▁operating ▁system , ▁T SS / 3