> xVM and X11 have nothing to do with each other.  X11
> is just a giant  
> memory hog, and JDS many more times over on top of
> that.  Even with  
> 32GB of memory, it's common to not see any gui with
> UNIX systems, they  
> are unncessary. 

Yes, I run a few Solarises, with no GUI :)

> As for Windows command-line
> administration, I agree  
> mostly, except Powershell, Services for UNIX, and
> Windows Server 2003  
> and beyond have a full set of tools for managing IIS,
> domains, dns,  
> security, etc, you just need to read up on them those
> three solutions  
> together will fill in 75% of the tasks of an average
> Windows  
> sysadmin. 

Yes, they are good tools indeed. But still, somehow Windows is not a "real" 
"shell-toy" :)

> Windows can run backgrounded, see VMware
> Workstation and  
> VMware Server backgrounding, it doesn't bind with X11
> or anything like  
> you're used to with COM and compositing on Vista for
> instance, which  
> makes it impossible to separate window manager and
> program.  There is  
> a console for installing and using xVM guests, but it
> is hardly  
> necessary for operation of a server after it's setup.
>  There's VNC  
> upport regardless of the guest type with xVM already,
> just a matter  
> of toggling a flag and setting a password.  You could
> also use rdp if  
> you want better integration and performance after the
> guest is up,  
> obviously very nice because if windows bsod's you
> have direct VNC not  
> using mirror drivers or abstraction, it's like a
> fancy ipkvm.

:)

> 
> James

Thanks for the comments!

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