> Yes.  I said this weeks ago, but again I believe an extraordinarily large 
> portion of the project indiana iso downloads were installed into virtual 
> machines.  I believe that information should be tracked so that smart 
> decisions for the project can be made in the future.  If people are using the 
> software in VMs, then the software should be tested in VMs.
>   
Yes, makes sense to test for the most used platforms (virtual or not) but...
> Most virtual machine software is free, and the technology makes running a new 
> operating system as easy as opening a document. I think you'll find (once you 
> start tracking usage) that running an OS such as Project Indiana in a VM is 
> the rule, not the exception.  It needs to be developed to accommodate this.
>
>   
Maybe people run it in a VM as it's not usable enough to dual-boot ?

Also, it is "as easy as opening a document"if you have the latest and 
greatest hardware.  How am I to compare the performance of OpenSolaris 
if I just use a VM ?

>> Anyone know if the VMware tools are
>> redistributable?
>>     
>
> I think vmwaretools is very much not redistributable, but you should still 
> talk to vmware about it.  Eventually the latest vmware version should be 
> packaged with the latest vmware tools version which should include an 
> opensolaris version made with the ips package format... so maybe you could 
> start them down that road now.
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