oops ... replied to Matthias only.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- 2010/9/3 Matthias Pfützner <[email protected]>: > You (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: >> 3-4 years later, and I would say this feature (either as Janus, or as >> an lx zone), is completely past any window of opportunity - indeed it's >> so distant behind us now, it's not visible anymore. >> >> -- >> Andrew Gabriel > > I agree fully here. Don't forget: We never saw any ISV support for either > LX-Zones nor lxrun (we even have problems with Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 branded > zones and ISV support!). All Linux App vendors do rely on a real Linux > kernel. That can only be achieved by running it in a full V12N environment, > like VBox, Xen, VMware, you-name-it. And support is a very important driver > for business decissions in corporations... another thing to consider is that the linux kernel the lx brand would need to emulate is a moving target ... so even if the engineering work were done, the ongoing maintenance effort is probably non-trivial too. regards Michael -- regards/mfg Michael Schuster _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.illumos.org/m/listinfo/discuss
