[Xastir] Time to discard VMware as an option?

[Amateur Radio WB8NUT]

Tim and all,

I am not knocking VBox or any other virtual engine. But going with the 
leader in virtualization has many advantages.

The reason MS has such as lock is pretty simple. It's easy to use and 
with Windows 7, pretty stable and they eliminated many of the Vista 
issues. XP was also easy and pretty stable. The average home user does 
not have the patience and ability to manage a Linux system. Use, yes, 
but when it comes to getting things to work and having to use a terminal 
to get things to work, most people are not going to go to Linux.  For 
example, my niece has a Linux system that I built for her, but when 
there are issues, she always has to call me to get things fixed or working.

Open source is wonderful. I always try to find an open source 
application because they are usually good and free to use. But in the 
case of VMware, yes it is no open source, but many IT people are already 
familiar with it because they are using it in their jobs. Many corporate 
and government users are starting to become familiar with it because it 
is being deployed for virtual desktops. Within the next ten years many 
companies with do away with the traditional PC and it will be replaced 
by a virtual PC using VMware and simple a thin client on the users desktop.

But as I said, I am not knocking VBox or any other virtualization 
engine. People can use whatever they want. But how many different 
virtualization technologies can this one group support? Hence why I 
suggested concentrate on the leader and the technology most people are 
familiar with.

Duffy
www.wb8nut.com

Tim Billingsley wrote:
> I am not government or commercial. I am a strong proponent of open
> source. No problem supporting VMWare, but why knock VBox. Thought
> processes like that are why Micro$oft has such a sharehold now.
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Amateur Radio WB8NUT <duffy at wb8nut.com> wrote:
>   
>> Here's my opinion. We, as a group, should only focus on VMware. If
>> individuals want to go and use other virtualization engines, that's fine.
>> The reason is simple.
>>
>> VMware is by far the leader. It is the only virtualization engine for most
>> of the commercial enterprises and government entities not only in the U.S.,
>> but throughout the world.
>>     
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