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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Virtual Linux Could Be Answer To Costly Data Centers
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>> | Forget the new-product hype. The biggest buzz at last week's
>> | LinuxWorld conference was the potential of Linux in the data center.
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>> http://www.informationweek.com/windows
> showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192202104&subSection=Open+Source
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>
> Err... Nope!
>
> Not if you are using windopes!!!
>
> You have to pay for licenses and thats no better off than before.
>
> If you use GNU/Linux, virtualization is a boon as it doesn't
> cost any money to run up further virtual machines.
> E.g. under knoppix 5 (http://www.livecdlist.com )
> you can run a command like
> qemu -hda disk1_image.bin -boot c
> and have it boot a hard disk copy of your disk
> or how about running a livecd like DSL to install on a virtual hard disk
>
> qemu -hda disk1_image.bin -cdrom dsl_3.iso -boot d
>
> You can run anything in a little box inside a virtual PC under Linux
> now and test and configure to heart's content!
Emotion aside, Microsoft's alliance with XenSource is intended to ensure that
foolish IT managers (with budgets larger than minds) take the advantage of
GNU/Linux while still throwing money at Microsoft. Sadly, as they may find,
putting Linux in a player atop a house of cards would be a dreadful mistake.
Downtimes of Windows are nothing out of the ordinary. Maintenance chores and
security add even more to TCO (the hidden costs). So why surround Linux with
that box of cardboard? And make it dependent on it? I have been told before
that Linux in virtualisation gives it a bad reputation.
While this scanrio comes to show that Microsoft cannot fight Linux so it
tries to embrace it, it also comes to show how greedy it has become. And all
those volunteers who contributed patches to the Xen projects essentially
helped Microsoft. Ironically enough... wouldn't be surprising if
virtualisation on Windows took precedent over its OSS counterparts. Much as
in Firefox, among other OS projects.
Best wishes,
Roy
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