Re: vmware on mobile devices

2009-02-27 Thread Nicola Mfb
2009/2/27, GNUtoo :
[...]
> how would you access the GSM part with vmware?

I do not know if it may be virtualized as other general hardware.

> and won't it do the contrary?
> prevent people from porting GNU/Linux on phones because they simply have
> it with vmware

GNU/Linux is already ported for embedded devices, what we need is a
full and complete software stack to have rich mobile experiencing. And
this does not depends if it run in a virtual machine or in a physical
device.

The only problem may be in the case of a "bootloader open" device
where is possible to run vmware mobile. In this case developers may
prefer to not port the kernel and use a well tested kernel for the
virtual hardware. But... how many of that devices exists now?
While I suppose in the future we should see a lot of closed devices
but vmware capable.
These will attract a lot of Linux users that actually still do not buy
a freerunner due to it's cost and hardware/software limitation.

  Nicola

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Re: vmware on mobile devices

2009-02-27 Thread GNUtoo
> 2009/2/27 Yorick Moko 
>
>> to those interested:
>> vmware on a nokia: windows mobile and android
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNo6pn-dnSQ
>> Windows CE 5.0 en 6.0, Linux 2.6.x, Symbian 9.x, eCos, µITRON NORTi en
>> µC/OS-II are supported
>>
>> y
>>
>>
> If it's not a joke every phone capable of running that vmware will become
> a
> quite free phone :)
>
>Nicola
how would you access the GSM part with vmware?
and won't it do the contrary?
prevent people from porting GNU/Linux on phones because they simply have
it with vmware
moreover is vmware for phones proprietary?
(I didn't look into it and so I didn't understood if vmware for desktops
was still proprietary or not and to what extend)



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Re: vmware on mobile devices

2009-02-27 Thread Marcel
Am Friday 27 February 2009 18:43:42 schrieb Nicola Mfb:
> 2009/2/27 Yorick Moko 
>
> > to those interested:
> > vmware on a nokia: windows mobile and android
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNo6pn-dnSQ
> > Windows CE 5.0 en 6.0, Linux 2.6.x, Symbian 9.x, eCos, µITRON NORTi en
> > µC/OS-II are supported
> >
> > y
>
> If it's not a joke every phone capable of running that vmware will become a
> quite free phone :)
>
>Nicola

Eehm. Where the hell would you want to take the nessecary cpu power from?
I've never seen an ARM cpu with something similar to VT/Vanderpool/whatever 
it's called... :)

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Marcel

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Re: vmware on mobile devices

2009-02-27 Thread Nicola Mfb
2009/2/27 Yorick Moko 

> to those interested:
> vmware on a nokia: windows mobile and android
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNo6pn-dnSQ
> Windows CE 5.0 en 6.0, Linux 2.6.x, Symbian 9.x, eCos, µITRON NORTi en
> µC/OS-II are supported
>
> y
>
>
If it's not a joke every phone capable of running that vmware will become a
quite free phone :)

   Nicola
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vmware on mobile devices

2009-02-27 Thread Yorick Moko
to those interested:
vmware on a nokia: windows mobile and android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNo6pn-dnSQ
Windows CE 5.0 en 6.0, Linux 2.6.x, Symbian 9.x, eCos, µITRON NORTi en
µC/OS-II are supported

y

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