The Current State of Open Source Virtualization
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| We’ve started by looking back at a decade of Open Source virtualization, and
| in this second part of the series we’ll tackle today’s landscape (last
| updated in March 2008).
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http://virtualization.com/guides-howto-whitepaper-explanation/2008/03/26/open-source-virtualisation-today/
Related:
Looking Back At A Decade of Open Source Virtualization
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| That’s what some people would have us believe now that the virtualization
| hype is reaching never before seen heights, and large acquisitions & mergers
| are starting to become quite common ( Citrix bought Xensource, Novell picked
| up PlateSpin, Sun acquired innotek, Quest Software snapped up Vizioncore
| while VMware treated itself to Thinstall, and so on).
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| But few people realize or fail to acknowledge that the large majority of
| virtualization techniques and developments were started as, or remain Open
| Source projects.
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http://virtualization.com/guides-howto-whitepaper-explanation/2008/03/10/looking-back-at-a-decade-of-open-source-virtualisation/
http://tinyurl.com/2wmtq8
Virtualization: A feature of the hardware, not the OS?
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| "Even though Xen has been part of (Linux products) for a while, it's really
| just now getting ready for prime time," Haff said. "VMware is still very much
| the dominant player in virtualization."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6206867.html
VirtualBox: A Review
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| Overall, VirtualBox is an excellent application for virtualizing your
| favorite operating systems. I use it to virtually run all of the operating
| systems that we talk about here on LinuxHow2, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo,
| and PCLinuxOS. Virtual machines are a great way to test new operating
| systems, sandbox an OS, and quickly wipe out and reinstall problem operating
| systems; it's becoming common to virtual an operating system, because of the
| speed of use, and because said operating system does not directly interfere
| with the host OS, if it's infected with viruses (as is often the case with
| Windows) or you just plain don't need it anymore, it's as simple as one click
| to delete it off your system for good.
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http://linuxhow2.com/Feature_Articles/VirtualBox_A_Review.html
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