Virtualization

Bernard Peek bap at shrdlu.com
Wed Mar 1 22:55:47 UTC 2006


In message <4405DBC7.8080505 at yahoo.com>, Tom Smith 
<tom71713-ubuntu at yahoo.com> writes


>In the end, though, when Xen is able to run Windows (Q3 or Q4 of 06, 
>according the XenSources) I'll likely switch to using it. The only 
>downside to this is that it's hardware dependent if you want to run 
>Windows--it uses Intel's VT technology to allow Windows to run within Xen.

I noticed that Microsoft are using the "Hypervisor" in their own 
virtualisation products. I suspect that the support for Windows in Xen 
may be a quid pro quo.



-- 
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.





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