My wife kept trying to get me to try it but I refused. Years.. I refused. I told her "I'm not trying that shit, it'll make me gay within microseconds."
I finally gave in and, let me tell you buddy, it's the bee knees. Especially with roasted red peppers. I can't get enough.
Makes you fart like a sonofabitch though. Maybe that's why they want to ban it?
Re: TFA. I believe that he's right about Goblins being the next playable race. Reason: Goblins are in the same 'folder' in the WoW data files as the other playable races. With WoW model viewer, you can put armor on them, weapons, and even have them ride mounts. They even have their own dance.
This reminds me of the time Microsoft said that during a social experiment they performed, the subjects actually preferred to use instant messenger instead of face to face communication.
Bullshit.
This is nothing more than IT stroking itself to make technology seem more prevalent than it really is. Find me a couple where both partners have active blogs and I'll show you a couple designed by a marketing company.
This is a pretty general statement, my friend. Windows XP is a very user friendly OS. Microsoft may have poor business tactics but they do make/abscond good software.
The reason your "simple command line program" took a "second or two" to execute was because you were (assuming it was C++) compiling with/clr. This compiles the application to run on the.NET framework - not to a native binary. The.NET framework adds 20ish Megs of runtime which needs to be loaded in memory when the application runs.
As far as the user friendliness of Microsoft's tool, you are simply incorrect. I can only assume you've never developed an application for Windows. Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is one of the best documentation sources available. It not only contains Microsoft specific C++ library information (as well as drawn out examples) but also contains the full C++ standard library documentation as well as (clearly marked) Visual C++ specific information.
The only thing you can't do with GSX on XP is run the GSX web management UI. That part doesn't work out of the box but I'm sure with some tweaking someone could get it to work.
The ONLY thing that ESX doesn't support that GSX DOES is modification of the VM config file through the VM console application. But since you can modify it using the web based tool (it's call the VMI or MUI), this isn't lacking.
There are a few very important things MISSING in ESX that enterprises might need:
VMotion:
The ability to move a VM from one physical host to another without powering off the machine.
VirtualCenter:
Manage all your Virtual Machines and Host Machines from one console. It also has a web service which you can use to programatiacally control your VMs for autoprovisioning.
VMFS File System:
The VMFS file system is what holds the Virtual Disk files on the "custom OS" that runs the VMware Kernel. This is opposed to a standard Linux (or Windows) filesystem that would hold them in GSX. This file system is specifically designed to hold files larger than 4GB. This is a VERY high performance file system. When you have 20 VMs running on the same Host, you will notice a difference.
Hardware separation:
The host OS only uses a small fraction of the physical hardware. It will only see 1 CPU on a multi-CPU system and it will *see* as little memory as you tell it to see. This results in dedicated resources for your VMs.
As far as the licensing is concerned, for a larger company, I can't see $7000 for a 4-CPU system as being cost prohibitive. They don't charge you per VM, they charge you per CPU (physical CPU).
In my company I spent about $66k on a VMware rollout. If I had not used VMware I would have spent close to $200k on hardware and software.
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My wife kept trying to get me to try it but I refused. Years.. I refused. I told her "I'm not trying that shit, it'll make me gay within microseconds." I finally gave in and, let me tell you buddy, it's the bee knees. Especially with roasted red peppers. I can't get enough.
Makes you fart like a sonofabitch though. Maybe that's why they want to ban it?
Whatever happens, let's pray the two cars can't communicate with each other lest Skynet become self aware.
Re: TFA. I believe that he's right about Goblins being the next playable race. Reason: Goblins are in the same 'folder' in the WoW data files as the other playable races. With WoW model viewer, you can put armor on them, weapons, and even have them ride mounts. They even have their own dance.
This reminds me of the time Microsoft said that during a social experiment they performed, the subjects actually preferred to use instant messenger instead of face to face communication. Bullshit. This is nothing more than IT stroking itself to make technology seem more prevalent than it really is. Find me a couple where both partners have active blogs and I'll show you a couple designed by a marketing company.
There are two kinds of married men: those who joke around about their wives being oppressive and those who don't.
I'm the latter because I think it's degrading and frankly I'm sick of the status quo.
When did it become cool to be controlled by your wife?
This is a pretty general statement, my friend. Windows XP is a very user friendly OS. Microsoft may have poor business tactics but they do make/abscond good software. The reason your "simple command line program" took a "second or two" to execute was because you were (assuming it was C++) compiling with /clr. This compiles the application to run on the .NET framework - not to a native binary. The .NET framework adds 20ish Megs of runtime which needs to be loaded in memory when the application runs.
As far as the user friendliness of Microsoft's tool, you are simply incorrect. I can only assume you've never developed an application for Windows. Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is one of the best documentation sources available. It not only contains Microsoft specific C++ library information (as well as drawn out examples) but also contains the full C++ standard library documentation as well as (clearly marked) Visual C++ specific information.
The only thing you can't do with GSX on XP is run the GSX web management UI. That part doesn't work out of the box but I'm sure with some tweaking someone could get it to work.
ScottNix
The ONLY thing that ESX doesn't support that GSX DOES is modification of the VM config file through the VM console application. But since you can modify it using the web based tool (it's call the VMI or MUI), this isn't lacking.
There are a few very important things MISSING in ESX that enterprises might need:
VMotion:
The ability to move a VM from one physical host to another without powering off the machine.
VirtualCenter:
Manage all your Virtual Machines and Host Machines from one console. It also has a web service which you can use to programatiacally control your VMs for autoprovisioning.
VMFS File System:
The VMFS file system is what holds the Virtual Disk files on the "custom OS" that runs the VMware Kernel. This is opposed to a standard Linux (or Windows) filesystem that would hold them in GSX. This file system is specifically designed to hold files larger than 4GB. This is a VERY high performance file system. When you have 20 VMs running on the same Host, you will notice a difference.
Hardware separation:
The host OS only uses a small fraction of the physical hardware. It will only see 1 CPU on a multi-CPU system and it will *see* as little memory as you tell it to see. This results in dedicated resources for your VMs.
As far as the licensing is concerned, for a larger company, I can't see $7000 for a 4-CPU system as being cost prohibitive. They don't charge you per VM, they charge you per CPU (physical CPU).
In my company I spent about $66k on a VMware rollout. If I had not used VMware I would have spent close to $200k on hardware and software.
ScottNix