RE: [Xen-users] RHEL xen vs kvm

[Jeff Sturm <jeff.sturm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matej Zary
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:09 AM
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] RHEL xen vs kvm
> 
> Well, Xen is "owned" by Citrix, so I assume if Xen was the only one
virtualization tool in
> RHEL, whole virtualisation capatibilities would depend on "another
company" and I
> guess that's something people in RH didn't find acceptable.

Trouble is, I don't see Red Hat becoming a major virtualization player.
They trail too far behind VMWare, Citrix and even Microsoft.

Other companies have solved this with technology partnerships.  Red Hat
chose to acquire an underdog instead.  We'll see in a few years how that
works out for them.

> In the end, I guess Xen can benefit from some of KVM and QEMU
> improvements and ideas. And the better Xen and KVM gets, the better
for us all, rigt?

Indeed.  Competition and fair market -> customer wins.

Jeff



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