[Info-vax] VMWARE/ESXi Linux

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:33:56 -0500, David Turner wrote:

> I keep being told that VMWARE is not an OS in itself.
> But it is... based on Ubuntu Kernel....  stripped down but still Linux

And not even using the native KVM virtualization architecture that is 
built into Linux.

> So basically another layer to fail before VMS loads. Wonder why people
> are not using the real Alpha or Integrity as cheap as they are

Marketing. Decisions made by PHBs rather than engineers.