[Axiom-developer] Re: doyen and virtual appliance

2006-03-04 Thread root
My understanding of the "virtual appliance" concept would be something like a regular application stripped down to the essential elements and packaged as a virtual machine. So, for instance, you could take ProTools or Cakewalk (music software), add a bunch of special purpose tools like LilyPond (op

[Axiom-developer] Re: doyen and virtual appliance

2006-03-04 Thread root
Yeah, I'm familiar with Xen. It requires kernel tweaks. The $200K was the bait, actually. One way to get funding is to put together a proposal. Not sure if there is only one payout and if there is only one payout Doyen is unlikely to win. But if they pay for multiple projects then it is possible

[Axiom-developer] RE: doyen and virtual appliance

2006-03-04 Thread Bill Page
Tim, On February 28, 2006 1:20 PM you wrote: > ... > So Doyen would be a virtual machine focused on adding and > integrating scientific software into a single purpose platform. > A hyper-packaging concept. Instead of installing a dozen tools > to get a local axiom wiki working you just copy the V