On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:00:08PM -0800, MJang wrote:
> Silly question here - I see the Virtualization option for RHEL 5
Desktop.
> I assume that anyone who is looking for virtualization is by
definition,
> configuring a server. Am I wrong?
Yes. :) It's like you said in your second paragraph, though I doubt
it's targetted at "power users." Instead think "developers." Instead
of a "Desktop" think of it as a "Workstation." For the average user,
virtualization may not be important, however for many developers the
ability to run separate instances greatly increases personal
productivity and effectiveness.
It's considerably cheaper these days to purchase a powerful workstation
to sit on a developer's desk which can run virtual servers for
development than to purchase and house a development server farm. Thus
many development shops will run a combination of both - typically having
dedicated servers for specific tasks (such as building code under
certain conditions), while expecting developers to do initial platform
testing and building on their own workstation.
My guess would put this as the target market for the "Desktop +
Virtualization" image.
-Pete
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