[109275] in Cypherpunks
Re: Virtual Intel Boxen
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Richards)
Tue Mar 16 01:19:49 1999
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:07:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Josh Richards <jrichard@freedom.gen.ca.us>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <199903160020.SAA00645@wire.insync.net>
Reply-To: Josh Richards <jrichard@freedom.gen.ca.us>
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Eric Cordian wrote:
> There's a beta of a new product out today, which provides virtual
> platforms on a Linux PC, under which other operating systems may be run,
[..]
> It's called VMWare, I have no association with the company, and you may
> download it at http://www.vmware.com/.
>
> The creators claim it permits you to run the NT, Linux, Windows, and DOS
> OS products out of the box as processes under Linux, with complete
> virtualization of all system services through the host API. You can
> switch between the multiple operating systems with a few keystrokes.
>
> Kudos to VMWare if these folks have really pulled this off.
>
> I'd love to see feedback on the list from anyone who tries it.
I'm plan on installing it tomorrow morning on my SMP box. :) It's posted
on Slashdot, and there's a lot of discussion from people there who have
installed it....very very impressive is the impression it seems..
<URL:http://www.slashdot.org/articles/99/03/15/0829217.shtml>
-jr
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