the new, new, 41yr old thing The rise of the virtual machines http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid80_gci115332 3,00.html
If there is one technology that took hold in the enterprise in 2005, it's virtualization. The software moved from test and development and into the data center faster than anyone imagined, including the experts. And while there are sure to be some bumps in the road in 2006 as the technology moves from awareness to adoption, you can bet most IT pros will be running virtualization in the data center before the end of next year. .. snip .. melinda's vm history paper at http://pucc.princeton.edu/~melinda/ a couple footnotes: 24 Creasy had decided to build CP-40 while riding on the MTA. ``I launched the effort between Xmas 1964 and year's end, after making the decision while on an MTA bus from Arlington to Cambridge. It was a Tuesday, I believe.'' (R.J. Creasy, private communication, 1989.) 25 R.J. Creasy, General Description of the Research Time-Sharing System with Special Emphasis on the Control Program, IBM Cambridge SR&D Center Research Time-Sharing Computer Memorandum 1, Cambridge, Mass., January 29, 1965. L.W. Comeau, The Philosophy and Logical Structure of the Control Program, IBM Cambridge SR&D Center Research Time-Sharing Computer Memorandum 2, Cambridge, Mass., April 15, 1965. ... snip ... minor drift: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005o.html#4 Robert Creasy, RIP -- Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/
