Comments on: Oracle’s virtual challenge to Windows and Red Hat http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/ A blog for the enterprise open source community Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: IT Stuff http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-117306 IT Stuff Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:43:36 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-117306 <strong>Oracle's Quest for IT Dominance...</strong> In response to my post on The BEA / Oracle Saga, blogger John Harvey (of Memphis Crime)queries: Do you really think Oracle (Larry Ellison) wouldn't love to be the newest Microsoft? Spot on, John. This sentiment is echoed by the 451 Group as they try p... Oracle’s Quest for IT Dominance…

In response to my post on The BEA / Oracle Saga, blogger John Harvey (of Memphis Crime)queries: Do you really think Oracle (Larry Ellison) wouldn’t love to be the newest Microsoft? Spot on, John. This sentiment is echoed by the 451 Group as they try p…

]]> By: Pythian Group Blog » Blog Archive » Log Buffer #71: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-112373 Pythian Group Blog » Blog Archive » Log Buffer #71: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:54:05 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-112373 [...] Getting back to that Oracle VM news — Matthew Aslett of 451 CAOS Theory deems the move Oracle’s virtual challenge to Windows and Red Hat. “To some extent it is a software appliance play: like Raw Iron without the iron. … The target of Raw Iron was eradicating the layer of Microsoft Windows that stood between Oracle and its customers’ hardware. … Oracle VM targets both Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. … It’s no surprise to find that the product is a development of the Unbreakable Linux group within Oracle…because it further disrupts the relationship between customers and their operating system suppliers.” [...] [...] Getting back to that Oracle VM news — Matthew Aslett of 451 CAOS Theory deems the move Oracle’s virtual challenge to Windows and Red Hat. “To some extent it is a software appliance play: like Raw Iron without the iron. … The target of Raw Iron was eradicating the layer of Microsoft Windows that stood between Oracle and its customers’ hardware. … Oracle VM targets both Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. … It’s no surprise to find that the product is a development of the Unbreakable Linux group within Oracle…because it further disrupts the relationship between customers and their operating system suppliers.” [...]

]]> By: Matthew Aslett http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-109064 Matthew Aslett Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:37:51 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-109064 There is no question that it is based on Xen. Oracle has been very open about that. There is no question that it is based on Xen. Oracle has been very open about that.

]]> By: techdog http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-109063 techdog Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:35:04 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-109063 I don't have to bet. I know for a fact that it is Xen based. And if you read the pages carefully, it says it requires hard virtualization support to run unmodified OS's. To run on hardware without virtualization extensions (newer processors from Intel and AMD), then the guest OS must be modified to run. Just like Xen (because that is what it is). This is not speculation, but direct knowledge from an Oracle employee. I don’t have to bet. I know for a fact that it is Xen based. And if you read the pages carefully, it says it requires hard virtualization support to run unmodified OS’s. To run on hardware without virtualization extensions (newer processors from Intel and AMD), then the guest OS must be modified to run. Just like Xen (because that is what it is).

This is not speculation, but direct knowledge from an Oracle employee.

]]> By: Petem http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-108970 Petem Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:17:46 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-108970 Yes.. it is based on XEN... ill be curious to try it out.. to see what kind of user interface they gave you... according to their page.. it does not require a processor with virtual extension.. however.. XEN requires it.. so im not sure how this is going to work... Yes.. it is based on XEN… ill be curious to try it out.. to see what kind of user interface they gave you… according to their page.. it does not require a processor with virtual extension.. however.. XEN requires it.. so im not sure how this is going to work…

]]> By: SileNT http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-108936 SileNT Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:28:21 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-108936 Indeed, their FAQ doesn't say much what technology it's based on... I'll too bet it's Xen. Indeed, their FAQ doesn’t say much what technology it’s based on… I’ll too bet it’s Xen.

]]> By: Linux Code and More » Blog Archive » Oracle’s virtual challenge to Windows and Red Hat http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-108162 Linux Code and More » Blog Archive » Oracle’s virtual challenge to Windows and Red Hat Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:43:22 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-108162 [...] REDES AVANZADO wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt’s no surprise to find that the product is a development of the Unbreakable Linux group within Oracle….Oracle VM comes with pre-configured virtual machine images of Oracle Database and Oracle Enterprise Linux and is designed to install directly on the server hardware….Oracle VM targets both Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux…. [...] [...] REDES AVANZADO wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt’s no surprise to find that the product is a development of the Unbreakable Linux group within Oracle….Oracle VM comes with pre-configured virtual machine images of Oracle Database and Oracle Enterprise Linux and is designed to install directly on the server hardware….Oracle VM targets both Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux…. [...]

]]> By: Linux Code and More » Blog Archive » Oracle’s virtual challenge to Windows and Red Hat http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-108161 Linux Code and More » Blog Archive » Oracle’s virtual challenge to Windows and Red Hat Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:39:52 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/12/oracle-vms-challenge-to-windows-and-red-hat/#comment-108161 [...] Customer Web Hosting Reviews - Web Hosting Testimonials and Details wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt VMware’s share price may have taken a hit following the launch of Oracle VM but the product has … : like Raw Iron without the iron. This question and answer from the Q&A says it all: “Does Oracle VM require … and their operating system suppliers. The target of Raw Iron was eradicating the layer of Microsoft Windows [...] [...] Customer Web Hosting Reviews - Web Hosting Testimonials and Details wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt VMware’s share price may have taken a hit following the launch of Oracle VM but the product has … : like Raw Iron without the iron. This question and answer from the Q&A says it all: “Does Oracle VM require … and their operating system suppliers. The target of Raw Iron was eradicating the layer of Microsoft Windows [...]

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