[kwlug disc.] speaking of vmware ...

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Rick wrote, On 8/18/2007 6:03 PM:
> "Khalid Baheyeldin" <kb at 2bits.com> writes:
>>     > now they bought XenSouce (the makers of Xen, which is free).
>>    
>> It is GPL, unlike VMWare (some versions free of cost).

Which only means that the version at time of purchase was free.
Doesn't necessarily mean further developments will be free.

> 
> Keep your fingers crossed. Maybe they'll have to open source VMWare now.

Good luck with that.

It really is pretty open now, being based, ESX anyways, on an old Red
Hat (fork?). Even if new 'really' open, it is relatively transparent.

> Now this is a great ambush topic for the VMWare rep.
> Cough, cough, when can we expect GnuVMWare?

It really would be interesting to hear their spin on things.

Being based on Red Hat, I initially ignored the kerfluffle. Thinking,
it's Red Hat, etc. - surely they all had a really good hard think and
examination before proceeding.

But, if it were that simple, it wouldn't be news now. The Red Hat base
has been out there so long, I guess I expected everyone knew that.

So supposing they did / can't be news to the authors of the kerfluffle
articles, why is it news / what's the chink / why this late in the game?