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--Tim Smith
>
> OK, things are getting weird...
> OK, things are getting weird...
Lol. You mean, Microsoft cooperating with Xen against VMware, who recently
released their player and server products for free?
>
> OK, things are getting weird...
... I think I'll stay with VMWare...
No, he means
"Today's moves show quite clearly that Microsoft knows it has an
inferior product at the moment and needs to stop customers from
defecting to VMware and Xen and to stop potential customers from
experimenting with the rival virtualization packages. Without a
hypervisor-based product, Microsoft can't come close to matching Xen
on performance and it's years behind VMware from a product maturity
standpoint. Microsoft can really only cater to mid-market customers,
which happens to be a huge market in the Windows arena."
Grin.
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Kreegah! Bundolo Microsoft bolgani!
> No, he means
>
> "Today's moves show quite clearly that Microsoft knows it has an
> inferior product at the moment and needs to stop customers from
> defecting to VMware and Xen and to stop potential customers from
> experimenting with the rival virtualization packages. Without a
> hypervisor-based product, Microsoft can't come close to matching Xen
> on performance and it's years behind VMware from a product maturity
> standpoint. Microsoft can really only cater to mid-market customers,
> which happens to be a huge market in the Windows arena."
>
> Grin.
Oh, I agree, actually. I prefer VMWare over MS's product. The poing,
however, was that this was just a reaction to VMWare's actions.
The Xen folk are dead, then. Dance with the Devil, anyone?
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
If life is a stage, I want some better lighting.
Gonna be interesting to see how WPA is affected by virtualization. :o)