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Red Hat acquires Qumranet

Red Hat acquires Qumranet

Posted Sep 4, 2008 15:10 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
Parent article: Red Hat acquires Qumranet

> Red Hat believes that a strong coupling between the hypervisor and the kernel is a major advantage.

It is. This is terrific news, I think Redhat scored big with this one.

Lets not forget their other products either. Such as 'Solid ICE' for running thin clients that connect to virtual machines.
http://www.qumranet.com/products-and-solutions

It'll be interesting to see if anything happens with that.


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License for SPICE

Posted Sep 4, 2008 19:35 UTC (Thu) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link]

If previous RHT acquisitions are any guide, it's likely that they'll open source the "SPICE" implementation (which they claim is like RDP, only fast enough to handle video.)

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