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Re: Drivers -- below the OS?Re: Drivers -- below the OS?Posted Aug 13, 2007 7:57 UTC (Mon) by himi (guest, #340)In reply to: Re: Drivers -- below the OS? by landley Parent article: Re: Drivers -- below the OS?
Virtualization allows IBM to come up with yet more glossy brochures to push mainframes as a replacement for clusters of PCs (although the price of electricity and air conditioning in rackmounted space has been making that case for them for years). I think this is the thing that makes Linus' comment a bit strong - virtualisation isn't going to revolutionise the way we use computers, but that doesn't mean it's the kind of fad/theoretical ideal/whatever that Linus describes it as. It really does have serious practical uses, and it's important technology. The hype that may be out there about it doesn't invalidate that. Your point about laptops is excellent, though, and it's one of the reasons I don't see virtualisation becoming the norm outside of server rooms - it makes demands on the system (and on the administrator) that aren't practical in the normal computing space. I've deployed Xen for production infrastructure, but it's never been worth the trouble to use it anywhere else. himi
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