Microsoft and XenSource to Develop Interoperability for Windows Server Virtualization

Microsoft and XenSource to Develop Interoperability for Windows Server Virtualization

Posted Jul 20, 2006 13:07 UTC (Thu) by thompsot (guest, #12368)
In reply to: Microsoft and XenSource to Develop Interoperability for Windows Server Virtualization by drag
Parent article: Microsoft and XenSource to Develop Interoperability for Windows Server Virtualization

Of course Microsoft now realised that 'Hey virtualization is the next big thing from last year'

LOL

Of course it's Microsoft's 'Virtual Server' and it has a huge advantage simply because it is from Microsoft. Most of the administrators that use it are completely unaware of Vmware's products beyond their Workstation stuff and Xen/Linux might as well be from another planet.

I'm experiencing this EXACT thing where I work... If I pitch the advantages of VMware, I'm told that the MS virtual server is free and supported already, plus the Windows admins already implemented it. If I pitch the advantages of Xen, everyone silently stares at me as if trying to figure out what strange language I'm speaking, then someone shrugs and changes the subject.

Coming from a multi-architecture and platform background (RISC/x86/MIPS - NetWare/Windows/Linux/Windows) and working in a single architecture and platform environment (x86 - Windows) is a strange, "upside-down totem pole" experience to be sure.

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