Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:14:25 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Dru <genisis@istar.ca>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd supported - VM Ware Message-ID: <v04011705b303d3268d39@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990303215810.007c73d0@istar.ca>
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At 9:58 PM -0500 3/3/99, Dru wrote: > Has anyone seen this yet? > > http://www.windowstechedge.com/wte-1999-03/wte-03-vmware.html?0301 > > Interesting concept. Even more interesting that FreeBSD is one > of the supported operating systems. Think of the ramifications: > users can compare FreeBSD to 7 other operating systems and decide > for themselves. I have noticed a few articles on this. It is quite interesting to me, too. One thing to note is that it supports FreeBSD as a guest operating system, but not as a host operating system. Initially it will run on linux as a host operating system, and a little later they hope to have it run on WinNT as a host operating system. For my own purposes, it would be much nicer to have freebsd or openbsd supported as a host operating system. I could setup a machine with linux and run vmware under that, but I know a lot more about administering FreeBSD than linux, and would rather have my main system be FreeBSD (OpenBSD would be fine with me too, since I like the emphasis on security that's in OpenBSD). I sent them a polite request to them, noting that I will probably buy a copy to run on linux, but I would feel a lot more comfortable if there were a freebsd version available. They said they are considering additional host platforms, and that they would save my request Perhaps it would be good (well, for me...) if a few other *BSD'ers might look at the product, too. If it is something that you really would buy, then send them along a similar request. See also http://www.vmware.com Please keep any messages to ADVOCATING freebsd, and not insulting them for writing a program for linux. The fact that they are testing (and mentioning) FreeBSD as a guest operating system shows that they already know FreeBSD is worth some attention. We just have to show that it's also a worthwhile investment for them to support it as a host operating system. If this program works as advertised, it could be a very useful program for someone like me. It looks like it could be great for debugging cross-platform issues of a given program, for instance. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or drosih@rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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