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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <m01iu7$7m0$1 at pechter.eternal-september.org>,
	pechter at tucker.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) writes:
> In article <c8ig7rFgem9U2 at mid.individual.net>,
> Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>>In article <lvvu66$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.
>>
> 
> 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.

I don't know what versions of VirtualBox you have used but none that I have
tried has proven ready for primetime.  Comparing toys to real production
software is just plain silly.

bill

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