[Info-vax] Rumor of EMC shopping itself to hp

[William Pechter]

In article <c8ig7rFgem9U2 at mid.individual.net>,
Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>In article <lvvu66$oq$3 at speranza.aioe.org>,
>	glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
>> Kerry Main <kerry.main at backtothefutureit.com> wrote:
>> 
>> (snip)
>> 
>>> Interesting item - since I believe VMware is a somewhat arm's length 
>>> subsidiary of EMC, what would a merger this do to that part of the 
>>> business?
>>  
>>> I expect VMware would likely be spun-off as a separate company to
>>> reduce the overall cost, but?
>> 
>> And there is also VirtualBox, free and from Oracle.
>> 
>
>Comparing VMWare and VirtualBox is like comparing a Three Masted Schooner
>and a dinghy.
>
>bill
>
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It depends, Bill.  Are you comparing Workstation, Fusion or ESX[i]?

VirtualBox is pretty decent compared with the first two.
Hyper-v in Windows8/8.1 is very nice... and compares well to VMware
Workstation as well.

Bill
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