RE: Virtualization future.

>
> > As I understand Xen, it must run on linux.  VMWare ESX server is a
> > microkernel that's very close to the hardware.  It does not require
> > windows or linux to run on top of.
> >
> Xen runs on NetBSD, Linux and can run on FreeBSD with patches
> that I think will be in FreeBSD 6.1.


Actually, it's the other way around.  NetBSD, Linux, and FreeBSD run on
XEN. Xen is a hypervisor, and it runs BELOW the OS.  Otherwise the OS's
wouldn't be able to be virtualised, would they?  Even on VMX-enabled
procs, the OS's have to run on top of Xen, not vice-versa.

You may be thinking about the dom0 OS, that provides the services for
other OS's.  

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