[ale] vmware kernel

[Jim Kinney]

To add: there is still some controversy about the kernel modules
vmware requires to be built to run under Linux.

Also, they have some stand-alone big server projects that at one time
were using a native Linux kernel on the hardware layer. That Linux
code has supposedly been removed from their products in order to
protect their "IP".

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Christopher Fowler
<cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> I've been doing some research on vmware in order to compare it to Xen,
>> and can't seem to find a critical piece of info I'm looking for.  As I
>> recall, vmware is based on a linux kernel, thus the following questions:
>>
>> 1. Is vmware still based on Linux?
>>
> No.  It runs in either Windows or Linux.
>> 2. Why do they not publish their code?
>>
> It is their code.  It is proprietary.  Some products they
> give for free some you pay for.  There is no obligation that
> you can have their code.
>
>> 3. Is it possible it's based on another OS, say, bsd?
>>
> I doubt it.  This would require compiling under that system and
> again, you don't have the code.  There is VMWare fusion that
> will run under OSX.
>
>
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