On Monday 21 August 2006 10:22 am, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On Aug 21, 2006, at 9:31 AM, boblq wrote: > > Someone should check me on this but if I understand this > > correctly the "Virtual Applications" do _not_ require VMware > > though they obviously can use it. IMHO the name "Virtual > > Application" is a bit misleading. > > From your own message which started this thread: > > A virtual appliance is a fully pre-installed and pre-configured > > application and operating system environment that runs on > > any standard x86 desktop or server in a self-contained, > > isolated environment known as a virtual machine. Virtual > > appliances provide an evolutionary step in the software > > distribution model. > > > > http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/index.html > > Note, VMware calls these "Virtual Appliances", not "Virtual > Applications", and they are very much indeed intended to run inside a > VMware Player or VMware Server instance. > > Just to clear up any confusion. :) > > Gregory
Thanks Gregory, I was indeed confused on that point. I suppose that is how they manage to bury all of the potential driver issues? BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
