Re: [Xen-users] VMWare vs. Xen, is the conflict by VMware deliberate?

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Evan Lavelle wrote:
> Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>
> > So, I tried running VMWare Workstation on top of a Xen enabled Dom0. 
> > And VMWare promptly started up with a "You're running a Xen 
> > Hypervisor! Bad sys-geek, no biscuit! We're taking our start-up tool 
> > and going home, p-b-b-b-b-b-b-t-h!"
> > Is this a well-founded refusal to start on their part, perhaps due to 
> > kernel behavior conflicts? Or is this an anti-competitive move, to 
> > avoid being able to run VMware Workstation on Xen Dom0's and force 
> > people to select VMWare only? 
> No idea. But, I'm curious. What makes VMWare think that anyone's going 
> to take them seriously after seeing error messages like that one? Do 
> they actually review their code before selling it to anybody?
> Evan
Well, the "bad sys-geek, no biscuit" and "p-b-b-b-b-t-h" were me 
elaborating on it, I'll admit. I'm sorry, my colorful sense of humor 
seems to hve confused you: I'll try to restrain myself on this list.
The bit about refusing to run with a Xen hypervisor in place was very 
clear, however. It might be justified, but the refusal to even try to 
start up seemed excessively harsh. I'm happy to accept a warning that 
what I'm about to attempt with my software is a bad idea, but I want a 
reference to exactly what the problem is or at least the ability to try 
it, anyway, after insisting on the warning.
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