Dean Hamstead <[email protected]> writes:
[...]
> Xen is snapping at VMwares heels, however if you want basics and
> simplicity, why are you resisting the free VMware server.
Respectfully, VMware server no longer really qualifies as "simple" given
that the dependency list for basic management now includes Java, a Java
application server, a Firefox plugin, binary-only components included in
that plugin, an AJAX web application, and the basic server stuff.
Having had the experience of failure in many of those components I can't
agree that VMWare server is any longer simple — even though version 1
definitely was.
Failures:
- firefox plugin binary components, not available for MacOS-X, check.
- Java stack randomly crashing, check.
- Java application server suddenly failing to respond after a week of
operation, and only coming back to life after uninstalling, manually
deleting the things it didn't delete, and reinstalling, check.
- AJAX web application suffering race conditions that cause it to
randomly log you out, check.
Regards,
Daniel
OK, maybe I am just a tiny bit bitter about that experience.
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