Comments on: Canonical Preparing Virtual Ubuntu Server Appliances http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/07/canonical-preparing-virtual-ubuntu-server-appliances/ What's Next In the IT Channel Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:56:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Webforms Howto http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/07/canonical-preparing-virtual-ubuntu-server-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-77940 Webforms Howto Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:19:02 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/07/canonical-preparing-virtual-ubuntu-server-appliances/#comment-77940 Virtualisation is the way to go. With the current uncertainty of the fate of Vista and how we feel cheated by OS vendors into buying the latest (read:useless) OS software (so their company can rake billion dollar profit), this is the only way to make sure software we purchased will not be tied to the host OS or specific machine. You will be amazed with virtualisation. For a start, if you still have Win 98 licence, try running it under VMWare (with firefox 2). It could still be useful for years to come. Virtualisation is the way to go. With the current uncertainty of the fate of Vista and how we feel cheated by OS vendors into buying the latest (read:useless) OS software (so their company can rake billion dollar profit), this is the only way to make sure software we purchased will not be tied to the host OS or specific machine.

You will be amazed with virtualisation. For a start, if you still have Win 98 licence, try running it under VMWare (with firefox 2). It could still be useful for years to come.

]]> By: ChadM http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/07/canonical-preparing-virtual-ubuntu-server-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-77900 ChadM Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:35:03 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/07/canonical-preparing-virtual-ubuntu-server-appliances/#comment-77900 Actually Sun has been shipping RH for several years; mainly because they needed an OS for their Opteron line before Solaris 10 was ready. Actually Sun has been shipping RH for several years; mainly because they needed an OS for their Opteron line before Solaris 10 was ready.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/07/canonical-preparing-virtual-ubuntu-server-appliances/comment-page-1/#comment-77740 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:16:54 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/07/canonical-preparing-virtual-ubuntu-server-appliances/#comment-77740 Canonical did well by liaising with Sun. Novell and Red Hat don't get along quite as well and it's their loss. Canonical did well by liaising with Sun. Novell and Red Hat don’t get along quite as well and it’s their loss.

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