[Info-vax] WHY IS VSI REQUIRING A HYPERVISOR FOR X86 OPENVMS?

[superseth369 at gmail.com]

On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 12:13:12 PM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/18/2020 11:41 AM, superseth369 at gmail.com wrote:
> > This adds more cost. Why can't it run by itself on x86?
> > Or am I misunderstanding that you do not have to buy vmware or some other
> > VM to run it?
> >
> 
> Well Bob, if you read as much as you write, you'd already know the 
> answer to that question.
> 
> VSI has mentioned, many times, that their goal is to support usage with 
> and without VMs.  With, because so many customers are asking for it. 
> Without because of tradition, or whatever.
> 
> Consider, a VM allows one to have the effect of custom hardware, without 
> actually having said hardware.  This can be very flexible.  For one 
> thing, it makes their porting to x86 much easier, and less costly.  They 
> do not have to have any specific hardware.  Also consider that by the 
> time the port is ready for prime time, any hardware they ported to will 
> already be obsolete.
> 
> VSI has mentioned that some hardware will be supported.  Not all, or 
> even most, because types of hardware have exploded into so many 
> varieties.  It is no longer the 1980s where just a few types of hardware 
> existed.
> 
> But the biggest reason VMs will be supported is, because the customers 
> have asked for just that.  And you know, the customer is always right.
> 
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well DAVE THERE HAS BEEN NO MENTION OF IT AS A HYPERVISOR
IS A BIG FAT **** SECURITY HOLE **** JUST WAITING TO GIVE THE
BAD GUYS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA.