for something a little different ... also posted here
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007s.html#26
latest in the new, 40+ yr old technology
Oracle Introduces Oracle VM As It Leaps Into Virtualization
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202805289
couple items from above:
Oracle jumped into the virtualization market Monday, announcing Oracle
VM, or server virtualization software to run Oracle databases and
applications.
...
Oracle will supply preconfigured images -- or virtualized files that
combine the Oracle database with a preconfigured version of Linux -- for
ease of installation and deployment. The move is Oracle's way of picking
up on the use of virtualized appliances, software preconfigured with an
operating system to run in a virtual machine.
... snip ...
possibly another take on commodization (leaving more on the table for
the product vendor?) mentioned here
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007s.html#20 Ellison Looks Back As Oracle Turns 30
... effectively another kind of "virtual appliance" or what we started
out calling "server virtual machine" ... misc. past posts
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007i.html#36 John W. Backus, 82, Fortran
developer, dies
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007k.html#26 user level TCP implementation
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007k.html#48 John W. Backus, 82, Fortran
developer, dies
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007m.html#67 Operating systems are old and busted
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007m.html#70 Is Parallel Programming Just Too Hard?
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007o.html#3 Hypervisors May Replace Operating
Systems As King Of The Data Center
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007q.html#25 VMware: New King Of The Data Center?
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007s.html#4 Why do we think virtualization is new?
