Microsoft "Windows for Linux"

Alfredo Cole alfredo at acyc.com
Thu May 10 09:15:31 CDT 2001


I think you might be interested in this excerpt from an interview with Kevin 
Lawton by Linux.com:

--Begin quote--

Linux.com: When did the FreeMWare project begin? Was it a direct result of 
the release of the proprietary VMware product?

Kevin Lawton: The idea of adding virtualization to Bochs (which uses 
exclusively software emulation of the x86 processor and devices) has come up 
several times on the developer's email list over the years. It was not 
something I wanted to devote time to in the past, as there was so much more 
to do with Bochs. Bochs has come a long way since, running quite a few 
operating systems; one of the developers was even running NT with it. 

There's much more to do with Bochs, but the timing is right considering the 
state of Bochs, and VMWare's entry into this sort of market. 

I take exception to people thinking that FreeMWare is riding on the backs of 
VMWare for two reasons. The first being that the Bochs team has talked about 
this well before VMWare formed their company. The second is that long ago, I 
received a request from people at Stanford to use Bochs for free for 
"educational" use. Given that I like to help out educational causes, I of 
course obliged. Check out where VMWare got its start. Enough said.
--End quote--

El Miércoles 09 Mayo 2001 17:31, SammyTheSnake escribió:
> In article <01050916052204.01479 at ajc.acyc.com>, Alfredo Cole wrote:
> >At the risk of being flamed for an OT discussion, I'll tell you. VMware is
> >derived from the Plex86 project. It requires that you create a fixed-sized
> >file to emmulate a hard disk to install Windows in it. It is also much
> > slower on the same hardware.
>
> err, are you sure? I thought VMWare was (a) commercial (b) complete, and
> (c) older than Plex86 (which is GPL)
>
> www.plex86.org
> www.vmware.com
>
> Cheers & God bless
> SammyTheSnake

-- 
Alfredo J. Cole
alfredo at acyc.com
Tegucigalpa, Honduras




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