[Info-vax] X86 first boot? - A Really Stupid Question

[Dave Froble]

On 3/29/2019 1:40 PM, IanD wrote:
> I thought VMS wasn't going to be supported on VMware, only virtualbox and KVM
>
> I'm hoping that in the future it is supported for VMS because it's something that Amazon is increasingly favorable to. Amazon's KVM solution and VMware cloud will mean it's customers can use both without lock in
>
> I see nothing on the VMS roadmap for VMware support and I seem to remember someone from VSI saying it wasn't on the radar because certification costs were hideously expensive
>
> Maybe things have changed or I remembered incorrectly but I don't think VMS is going to be supported on VMware (yet Charon and vtware is I believe)
>

What I understood was that VMware wasn't interested, at the time, in 
supporting VMS.  Things can change.

But think about it.  I do believe VMware is owned by Dell.  However, 
everyone is talking about HPE servers for x86 VMS.  What incentive would 
Dell have to support a competitor?

As for the VirtualBox I'm running here, I'm not thrilled by it.  Takes a 
bit of time to start up an instance.  I'm sure not pushing it, so I 
don't know how it would be in production.  But, works sure beats nothing.

As for the emulators, they are NOT running on the VM, they are running 
on an OS that is running on the VM.

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