> Not quite sure what you mean by "hardware agnostic OS and > software"...wouldn't each OS have to be just as aware of the > hardware it's running on and the software running on it?
In the case of virtualization, the "hardware" seen by the guest OS is virtual - it doesn't correspond directly to the real physical hardware available to the host OS. So, you can take a VM and move it from one machine to another, and the hardware seen by the VM is identical. The VM is really just a big file, usually. I could build a VM, burn it to DVD, send it to you, and you could start it up. This is the idea behind the free VMware Player product - it lets you run VMs that you didn't build yourself. At last year's MAX conference, the hands-on sessions were handled through virtualization, using MS Virtual PC. The vast majority of people attending had no idea - their computers just seemed like normal PCs, but they were actually running a guest OS that the MM folks could just restart after every session. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246596 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
