From owner-freebsd-hackers  Mon May 17  8:20:24 1999
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To: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>
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Subject: Re: VMware--anyone playing with it? 
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From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:19:25 -0700
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On Mon, 17 May 1999 01:11:40 -0500 
 Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> wrote:

 > It doesn't run on FreeBSD, only on Linux and Windows NT.  Pity, because 
 > it is very neat.

I think the Connectix Virtual PC is cooler; VMware only runs on Linux
and NT because it requires gross hacks to redirect e.g. I/O space access.

Really, a full emulator is more interesting than a virtual machine.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>



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