VMware exec says Windows days are numbered (ComputerWorld) [LWN.net]

VMware exec says Windows days are numbered (ComputerWorld)

Posted Oct 14, 2008 2:38 UTC (Tue) by efexis (guest, #26355)
In reply to: VMware exec says Windows days are numbered (ComputerWorld) by jhardin
Parent article: VMware exec says Windows days are numbered (ComputerWorld)

How does the availability of open-source VM guest images refute the claim that VMWare itself is a proprietary black box?

It doesn't, it refutes the claims that vmware being proprietary means things are "out of the question" for it, such as "Let it run amok in the VM where it can't touch anything else, and where shutting down the browser shuts down the VM, which is reset to a mostly clean state on restarting it". VMWare may be proprietary, but these things are possible with it.

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