* Erik Funkenbusch fired off this tart reply:
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:07:29 -0500, Linonut wrote:
>
>> You sure about that?
>>
>> http://www.petri.co.il/5_ways_to_adminster_esx_server.htm
>
> Well, certainly, you can get into the console and command line it, and most
> things are available that way, but it's pretty cryptic... even for Linux
> users.
I thought that page also mentioned a Web interface.
> Not exactly. VMWare claims that they use linux on ESX server only as a
> boot loader, and console interface. They claim they take over the machine
> and do all the "heavy lifting" themselves.
I know, was just jabbing.
>> I don't see anything there about idle CPUs.
>
> How, precisely is a machine "idle" if it's CPU isn't?
>
>> I bow to you, Erik. You're the only guy I know who can quote out of
>> context even with the context present! <grin>
>
> Obviously an idle machine has an idle CPU, does it not? That's like trying
> to say "The car is idling doesn't mean the engine is idling".
A computer can be sitting here apparently idle, yet still doing a lot of
things.
So one of you has a different idea of "idle" than the other.
That would be a bit more logicial than thinking one of you was stupid,
right?
>> More Erik stammering and nitpicking to try to minimize a pro-Linux post
>> and spin it back to benefit Microsoft.
>
> How is it nitpicking to point out that Roy's article doesn't say anything
> like what he claimed it did?
Because you haven't really done that?
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