All Eyes on Virtualization at VMware's Big Shindig
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| VMware kicked off this week's conference by announcing deals to embed its
| latest hypervisor on the servers commonly deployed in data centers.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59325.html
VMware dangles next-gen virtualization goodies
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| In the demonstration, the VMware instant-on technology fetches the most
| important virtual-appliance data first, so it can begin its virtual-boot
| process while more data streams in. It took about 2 minutes to boot a 410MB
| virtual appliance, a version of Ubuntu Linux tailored for Web browsing, into
| a usable state.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6207828.html
Cisco launches VMware-enabled datacentre provisioning system
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| That integration is to provide the same kind of boot capabilities across the
| network as we've already been shipping for Windows and Linux. so the benefit
| is that the customer could build a utility farm of servers that they choose
| from when they want to boot a Linux server or a Windows server, or an ESX
| server.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=10063
Sun christens its Xen-based virtualization xVM
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| Xen governs how virtual machines get access to hardware resources, typically
| relying on Linux for technology used to actually communicate with that
| hardware. xVM, though, is a variation that uses Sun's Solaris operating
| system instead. Hamilton boasted on his blog last week that Sun's variant
| shows some performance improvements over Linux-based Xen.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9778296-39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Parallels making virtualization jump to servers
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| Parallels today has sold more than 650,000 copies of its $79 software to run
| Windows software on Macs, he said. The company also sells a Workstation
| product that runs on Windows and Linux, but it's only sold tens of thousands
| of copies. However, the company plans to "overhaul" the Workstation product
| in the next couple months, Rudolph said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6207873.html
Related:
A look at VMware Fusion
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| If you're a Linux user who's just been issued an Apple computer, you might
| want to look into a virtualization solution for Mac OS X. VMware's Fusion,
| which was officially released from beta at the beginning of the month, works
| well for running Linux (or other x86/AMD64 OSes) on the Mac desktop, and
| provides a great solution for multi-OS users who need simultaneous access to
| all their operating systems on the same machine.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118935
Dell Creating Consumer PCs Complete with Virtualization
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| And in a similar fashion to what Parallels and VMware Fusion did for the
| Intel-based Mac community, this could give the Linux operating system a boost
| from consumers who want to use the open source software but don't want to
| lose out on what Microsoft's Windows platforms offer.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2007/08/dell_creating_c.html
Dell to stuff hypervisors in flash memory
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| Dell CTO Kevin Kettler today confirmed these plans during a speech here at
| LinuxWorld, saying the company expects to see major performance and
| power-saving improvements by dumping a hypervisor in flash. Customers will
| basically "boot to a virtual machine-ready" state, he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/07/dell_hypervisor_flash/
Will VMware's sales double forever?
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| With Vista and Longhorn Server consuming Microsoft's top talent, the company
| thought it could wait until 2008 to really ramp the virtualization work. Big
| mistake.
|
| VMware now owns a massive market share lead in the server virtualization
| space, has built out the broadest available set of management packages and
| can use its IPO funds to buy talent and technology.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/23/vmware_microsoft_double/
Microsoft cuts Windows virtualization features
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| The company is changing three key features of the hypervisor
| technology to try to stick to its schedule of releasing the
| technology within 180 days of completing its Windows Server
| "Longhorn" operating system, due to be finalized before the
| end of the year.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6182852.html
A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft
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| When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is
| that virtualization is something that should be built into the
| operating system."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/technology/24soft.html?ex=1172898000&en=bbca645a927ef7f8&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
http://tinyurl.com/35jkur
Virtual PC and the Value of Free
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| Yesterday's release of Virtual PC 2007 continues a longstanding
| Microsoft trend: Give away free something valuable to gain market
| share against a dominant competitor.
|
| [...]
|
| Lower cost is a good tactic, but Microsoft has done much better with
| free--and really valuable technology. Probably the best-known example
| is Internet Explorer, which Microsoft integrated into Windows
| during the browser wars with Netscape. While Netscape had to
| separately sell its product, Microsoft could give away its
| competing software for free. Microsoft regarded its Web browser
| as adding value to Windows, so it gave away the technology as
| a way of enhancing the appeal of the operating system and
| subsequently sales. On the server, Microsoft took on Netscape
| software by giving away for free FrontPage (for creating Web
| sites) and Internet Information Server (for hosting Websites).
|
| Windows Media Player is another example. Microsoft invested
| $500 million developing Windows Media Player 9 Series, which
| the company gave away for free with Windows XP. Other
| companies, such as RealNetworks, charged for their digital
| media products. Microsoft's bundled the software, for free,
| as way of enhancing Windows' appeal. Like Netscape and other
| developers, Real had to give away--and open-source--its core
| digital media technology in response to Microsoft's free software.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/virtual_pc_and_the_value_of_free.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/3826f6
Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007 - No way dude!
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| A number of people have asked me whether it's possible to install
| Linux onto a Virtual PC 2007 virtual machine. Well, since I had
| an Ubuntu ISO on my desktop I decided to give it a go.
|
| The short answer is no. It won't. I thought that it might but
| my optimism was short-lived. The graphics are all messed up.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=273
Microsoft slashes Windows XP price to fend off Linux
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| Microsoft has slashed prices on Windows XP and Office to join the
| Thai government's "people's PC" project, a move which could help
| curb the spread of the rival Linux operating system in the country.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,2136259,00.htm
Gates Deposition Audio and Video
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| Here is our local copy of the depositions of Bill Gates in the
| Microsoft anti-trust suit. We did our best to convert the
| original Windows Media files into an Open format, ogg. Your
| webmaster is responsible for the video transcoding, the
| audio-only files are contributed by a Groklaw member that
| requested to stay anonymous.
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http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=GatesDepo
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