Hi David, On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:40:59 +0200, David Baron wrote:
>I downloaded a demo, can play with it for two weeks. Its drivers will compile >against linux kernel 2.6.18, NOT against 2.6.20. Vbox's did just fine on both >but Parallels has network drivers and this stuff has changed radically for >newer kernels. > >UI looks very similar to ours. Very similar! > >Some differences: The most important thing in Paralles is: it accepts perfectly any type of OS/2 as a guest and even suppies additions, so I can use my beloved OS/2 in a VM under Linux (openSUSE 10.2 kernel 2.6.18) - jsut great and worth the 50 USD! With best regards, Ingo >1. They use a "lightweight hypervisor". Xen uses a heavier one but requirers >specially built guest kernels. >2. Their networking probably works better than vbox (have not tried it yet, >however. Installing Win98 takes time. They have no vditool-like utilitiy. >3. They say their "guest-additions" work in all Windows but not in Linux >yet !! >4. They are NOT opensource and their personal-evaluation license is time >limited to two weeks. Maybe they will figure out that the two-tiered business >model pursued by Sun, Innotek and others makes sense. Few individual >tinkerers will shell out $50 when they can play around for free with packages >offering more tools and capabilities. An enterprize will want the support, >slicker packages and utitilies, et al., but will strictly evaluate which one. >Even holy vmware has a freebie. > >_______________________________________________ >vbox-users mailing list >[email protected] >http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
