> 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. > -- > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
