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

[D W]

On Friday, January 8, 2021 at 3:02:53 PM UTC-5, Andrew Brehm wrote:
> On 31/12/2020 19:50, D W wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 12:07:41 PM UTC-5, Andrew Brehm wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> No, I don't see the problem. How would Linux patches affect OpenVMS
> >> running in a virtualised environment?
> >>
> >> I'm not sure you understand virtualisation correctly.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Andrew Brehm
> > 
> > I understand VMs just fine. The linux kernal is inherently flawed as is windoze.
> 
> If you understand just fine, why are you talking about Linux and 
> Windows? VMware vSphere uses neither. You can also use a BSD-based 
> hypervisor or Xen using NetBSD for drivers. All these methods keep you 
> away from Linux and Windows.
> 
> 
> > As for hardware failures I would I think OpenVMS clustering is a far superior solution than the VM solution.
> > 
> 
> No. With vSphere you can even run an OS instance on two physical 
> machines at once. If one of them fails, all those VMs will keep running 
> on the other metal. There will not be any interruption.
> 
> For planned hardware outages, you can migrate running VMs to other hardware.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Andrew Brehm

what makes you think BSD is superior to the linux/windows security risks?
So BSD is completely immune to hacks? No one can ever take over the machine?