18 Feb
2010
18 Feb
'10
3:35 a.m.
On Feb 17, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Keith wrote:
On x86.
> So why
aren't we using VMware appliance images to exchange pre-made,
> pre-set environments for running emulated OSes?
While most of the replies haven't been positive, I think this is a
good idea. There is definitely something said to having a portable-
downloadable-instantly-runnable OS.
Besides...What platform does VMware Workstation
run on? Pretty
limiting if you ask me.
Windows? Linux? Seems good enough for most applications. Did we miss any popular useful OS support there?
Linux on anything other than x86 (LOTS of machines out there)
PPC (lots of machines out there)
SPARC (growing like a weed despite misinformed comments here)
Etc.
And does it run on OS X?
I suppose most of the folk who would shy away from installing the
emulators by hand (which includes downloading pre-built binaries and
clicking "go") would probably be the Windows people anyway.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL