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Date:      Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:22 -0400
From:      alexus <alexus@gmail.com>
To:        "Simon Chang" <simonychang@gmail.com>
Cc:        Peter Brezny <peter@purplecat.net>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: When's FreeBSD going to catch up in the world of virtualization.
Message-ID:  <6ae50c2d0804211100n207eb4d7jfd9a105702c9e124@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <8efc42630804211052u47d1c483m992536451406b003@mail.gmail.com>
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there is always XEN

or worse case scenario is jail


On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Simon Chang <simonychang@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  Now however, I'm forced to use linux as the host OS for Vmware as there
>  >  currently seems to be no current support for FreeBSD as the Host OS for
>  >  popular VM applications.
>
>  I hear your pain.  However, VMware is a commercial company one of
>  whose responsibilities is their bottom line.  I have heard it said
>  many, many times on this and other FreeBSD discussions that, if
>  commercial companies hear from the end-users and system
>  administrators, they would pay more attention to the group in
>  question.
>
>  Sadly, to date I have not seen any organized efforts to bring to
>  VMware's attention the mob of BSD users that are out there, despite
>  all the boastful talks.  You also see that there are no (host) support
>  for Open and Net (BSD).
>
>  OSS virtualization efforts are another story, as there is no "bottom
>  line" as such.  But you still need the manpower and manhours to do
>  complicated stuff like virtualization.
>
>  SC
>
>
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