Linux and VMware add up for Connecticut nonprofit

Newsforge.com ^ | 2005-08-23 | Tina Gasperson

[N3WBI3]

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This is a great example of an entity leveraging both open and closed source software to save money..

[ShadowAce]

[N3WBI3]

I almost forgot

[] Stallman is a leftist
[] Redflag is the communist chinese OS copied legally from redhat
[] The father of Linus ws a communist and lived in Moscow
[] DNC loves Linux
[] communism.org like Linux
[] N3WIB3 has sub-par english...

[ShadowAce]

Your "communism.org LIkes Linux" bulletpoint is incomplete. Don't forget that it also runs on Windows 2000. :)

[ShadowAce]

I run VMware on my laptop. It runs OK--for the most part. It still doesn't quite separate the process totally from the rest of my system. I will have some issues running Windows, and it seems to affect performance on the rest of my computer.

I had thought that one of VMware's strengths was that it separated the VM into a process jail of some sort ( It's not chroot, but I hope you get my point), so that issues affecting the VM don't affect the host OS.

[zeugma]

I like VMWare a lot. I use it to test new distros when they come out and I have time to do so. Works great with Knoppix!

[antiRepublicrat]

[X] Stallman is a leftist
[X] Redflag is the communist chinese OS copied legally from redhat
[X] The father of Linus ws a communist and lived in Moscow
[X] DNC loves Linux
[X] communism.org like Linux
[X] N3WIB3 has sub-par english...

All true! But this gets twisted in the eyes of some:

1. Well, no explanation, he is.
2. They also contributed a lot TO Linux.
3. We're getting Biblical, visiting the inequities of the parents onto further generations? BTW, his father's communism caused a lot of friction between them.
4. Or at least uses, because it works.
5. Same here.
6. Nobody's debating that :)

[N3WBI3]

I run VMware on my laptop. It runs OK--for the most part. It still doesn't quite separate the process totally from the rest of my system.

You should look at IBM's pseries virtul stuff its super nice.

[N3WBI3]

Thanks for the catch shadow:

[MikefromOhio]

LINUX BAD!!!!!


/Golden Eagle


:)

[N3WBI3]

LOL, I can just see camp chaos Napster movies from 99' LINUX BAD, LINUX BAAADDDD.........

[MikefromOhio]

LOL!!!!

yeah the Metallica ones were GREAT!!!

LOL

[Golden Eagle]

Keep that up and we may learn to get along.

Or maybe I should complain instead, so you'll actually keep doing it.

[ShadowAce]

You should look at IBM's pseries virtul stuff its super nice.

Do you have a link for it? Does it run on x86 hardware (we are talking about my laptop, after all)?

[N3WBI3]

I dont give a fat rats a$$ if I ever get along with a troll..

[N3WBI3]

Naa, cant do that but if your into development you might want to scope out a pseriers running aix5.2. You can partition the processors into 10 chunks (initially, you can further go down to hundreds), it really is Mainframe level LPAR stuff..

[ShadowAce]

...it really is Mainframe level LPAR stuff..

That's kinda what I thought. I was thinking that maybe they had ported it to x86 architecture when you suggested it.

[Bush2000]

Between Linux and VMware, Foran says he's saved the agency at least $79,000 in IT costs...

Surrrrrrrrre, he did. Till you consider the additional Linux administration costs..

[N3WBI3]

Surrrrrrrrre, he did. Till you consider the additional Linux administration costs..

Thats right bushie stick your fingers in your ears and sing real loud...