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Re: Use the Kernel as a Hypervisor - but Trim It Down First
Posted by: Kevin Lawton 2009-02-11 13:37:15

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Desktop virtualization is entering into the corporate limelight, after many years of existence as a consumer toy. Recently, for example, Citrix and Intel announced a partnership that will deliver an embedded bare-metal client hypervisor by the second half of 2009. Startup contender Virtual Computer, founded by server virtualization guru and Virtual Iron ex-CTO Alex Vasilevsky, has had its NxTop product in Beta since the fourth quarter of 2008. And it's likely VMware will follow suit with a desktop hypervisor.

thin and thick hypervisors
Posted by: hollisb 2009-02-16 14:55:00 In reply to: Kevin Lawton

I've talked about this issue before, and go into a little more depth at http://looseaffiliation.blogspot.com/2009/02/thin-vs-thick-hypervisors.html . The basic tradeoff is footprint vs functionality... though I agree that some of the Linux functionality causing bloat could be lost without shedding many tears. :)