I was arguing with someone else and you admitted it. Maybe even you are getting tired of the linux lies. Hard to believe, but they have gotten unbelievable.
Even ESX engineers admit its a very common mistak because when you log into an ESX box what do you think you see?
A popular misconception is that the VMware ESX Server kernel is also based on a modifiedRed Hat kernel. This is not the case. VMware ESX Server is a highly efficient hypervisor/kernel built for the sole purpose of managing VM. VMware uses the Console OSs file system to:"
From: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp3939.pdf