VMware ESX used to be based on RHL 7. I just downloaded the new (free for DL, btw) ESXi and it also appears to be linux based but I haven't had a chance to snoop around and see what distro it might be based on. I'll keep you posted as I have time to play with it.<br>
<br>--Dennis<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Christopher Fowler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cfowler@outpostsentinel.com">cfowler@outpostsentinel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Geoffrey wrote:<br>
> I've been doing some research on vmware in order to compare it to Xen,<br>
> and can't seem to find a critical piece of info I'm looking for. As I<br>
> recall, vmware is based on a linux kernel, thus the following questions:<br>
><br>
> 1. Is vmware still based on Linux?<br>
><br>
</div>No. It runs in either Windows or Linux.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> 2. Why do they not publish their code?<br>
><br>
</div>It is their code. It is proprietary. Some products they<br>
give for free some you pay for. There is no obligation that<br>
you can have their code.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> 3. Is it possible it's based on another OS, say, bsd?<br>
><br>
</div>I doubt it. This would require compiling under that system and<br>
again, you don't have the code. There is VMWare fusion that<br>
will run under OSX.<br>
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