From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 18:00:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B560E106566C for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexus@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E50F8FC0C for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexus@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so3009566waf.3 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=qc/8k5Iq5T/eGo8W//WdkXvODIa5STYYwAEjDXTHagk=; b=A17q4KcPq26/yeFOZ5fm/IEdkZwBDslkEj7PM5D3I8b+t7PrhHTPqFmfb1K2ZY+mf3IetwpMpIpaQ0PJuyv9JBh4m3Cd36uQmqYaP6kxW+c5NNRMbLYxmBZekXAqIIP0avI97mNl3kH8hbsfR7V2gQoWE/zAirddXoCCST9EXCk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qAa4Sazu6dwMb7wgDFTQCTHr5SkQit7/Z1SItFHJE3YTccZhrdKROm3vSMp0D+QFJkoOTw7LpO7NbC5Xe7DheVVVS/y9lY7hcXPkhT8aRq/N8br+o0CUczyTxkiOZvi/Q12QQAIZvMpQ1VtkiILa+eS6NerSzj06bPWLhVguyxs= Received: by 10.114.57.1 with SMTP id f1mr6305911waa.78.1208800822171; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.174.15 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6ae50c2d0804211100n207eb4d7jfd9a105702c9e124@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:22 -0400 From: alexus To: "Simon Chang" In-Reply-To: <8efc42630804211052u47d1c483m992536451406b003@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <000001c8a3cd$af7961d0$0b01a8c0@k62500> <8efc42630804211052u47d1c483m992536451406b003@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Peter Brezny , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: When's FreeBSD going to catch up in the world of virtualization. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:22 -0000 there is always XEN or worse case scenario is jail On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Simon Chang 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- http://alexus.org/