If I were VMWare, I'd be worried. Now there's xVM Server. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/12/1358231
The Sun products might not currently be be a mature as VMWare, but it looks like Sun has put some horsepower behind their development. --Doug -- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Nick Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > > Douglas Roberts wrote: > > > >> As in this is the best thing since... > >> > >> I've been testing it extensively, and find it to be hands-down a > >> superior product to VMWare Workstation: > >> > > VMWare has the advantage of running 64 bit clients. Also VMware can > > replay code e.g. trace and replay debugging... > > > Agreed. And VMWare Workstation does background snapshots, and > screenshots, movies, etc. > > My experience testing VirtualBox was quite different. Installed on a > Dell D820 Core 2 Duo running 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy), VirtualBox > didn't do very well running a stripped-down version of Windows XP...the > window positioning, input capture (mouse, keyboard), and full screen > transitions were buggy. I abandoned VirtualBox for a 64-bit version of > VMWare Workstation for Linux version 6.0.5 build-109488 which works > smoothly. > > I like the VirtualBox concept though, particularly it's multi-platform > nature...it would be *very* nice to have a hypervisor for Solaris x86. > At some point if I ever have the time, I'll test the Solaris version. > > -Nick > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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