2009/3/20 Daniel Pittman <[email protected]>: > Ben Donohue <[email protected]> writes: > >> yes i know it not FOSS. However I think that he wanted something >> simple to manage with FOSS as preferred. >> >> However you are incorrect about the "and only available on Windows >> with the dot-net platform". I said that it runs on bare metal. > > Sorry, but I seem to have failed to communicate: the *MANAGEMENT* tools > for ESXi are only available on Windows; they are distinct from the > software, to which you here refer.
Which is instant fail in my book :( It's annoying enough that there's no VMware server client for Mac OS, but to restrict VM access to Windows boxes defeats a big benefit of virtualisation entirely. >> FOSS stands for Free open source software doesn't it? So the only >> problem is that it's not open source. But it's free and uses Linux as >> an installer. > > The free in that refers to "free of restriction", not "free of cost". Yep exactly. -- Bring choice back to your computer. http://www.linux.org.au/linux -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
