[Info-vax] VMware

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/8/2019 1:34 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 12/8/19 10:52 AM, clair.grant at vmssoftware.com wrote:
>> Yes, I am booting VMS as a Fusion guest. We don't get very far yet but 
>> we will eventually get VMS up and running.
> 
> How much difference is there between VMware Fusion and Oracle 
> VirtualBox?  My experience is that the two systems are quite similar, 
> save for some minor supported hardware differences.  I.e. which video 
> chipset or SCSI chipset or network card each emulates.
> 
> Is VMware Fusion enough different from Oracle's VirtualBox to be 
> significant for OpeVMS?  Or is it that you're current work efforts are 
> using VMware Fusion?

I would assume the end goal would be to support VMWare ESXi and
that VMWare Fusion is just a step towards that.

VMWare ESXi support would be important for many customers.

Arne