[lug] So much for VMware

[Nate Duehr]

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 02:46:41PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
>> Seems like a "DUH moment" to me.  And another example of Marketing 
>> demands driving bad engineering.  People, trade rags, everything 
>> shouting "virtualization is great!" ... then the reality starts to set in.
> 
> I don't think that's fair to say.  Virtualization *IS* great stuff.  It's
> not a marketing thing, it is truely useful.  IBM mainframe geeks have known
> this for like 30 years.

Ahh yes, mainframes.  Built for a trusted network.  Not the Internet.

Apples 'n' Oranges.

You *know* who's accessing your mainframe.  (Modern IP connectivity to 
mainframes aside, I don't think I've ever seen one put on a public 
network directly.)

Nate