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[zeugma]

i'll be very interested in seeing how the Xen virtualization works out as it matures. Kernel separation will be important for many applications. Don't want a kernel bug waxing everything running.

From what I hear these days, there are a couple of different virtualization solutions coming up, and each takes it from a different direction. I'll also be very interested in whether or not VmWare is going to be able to convert from, say Xen to a VmWare container, though that will be somewhat less needed now that they've made their GSX product available for free. I can easily see solutions rolled out on a test basis under Xen, and later migrated to other solutions as requirements go up.

Stevens is right though, that virtualiztion is going to be a buzzword for the next few years.

[rzeznikj at stout]

Sounds like Red Hat's implementing virtualization on the heels of MS's VirtualPC and the VMware workstation. Good to see--since Red Hat is one of only a handful of Linux companies (the other one I can think of offhand is Novell) with gearings toward business workstations--one of MS's better playing fields.

When I had my laptop, I tried Xen, since it came automatically with Suse 9.3--not something I really got used to. Though from what I've seen on the net recently, it seems to be a real treat.