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

To: Stefan de Konink <skinkie@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] VMWare vs. Xen, is the conflict by VMware deliberate?
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:00:59 +0000
Cc: Evan Lavelle <sa212+xen@xxxxxxxxxxx>, xen list <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Stefan de Konink wrote:
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Nico Kadel-Garcia schreef:
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.


Are you able to run VMWare in Qemu and/or if your host runs under HVM?
I've not touched Qemu. The host does have an Intel CPU with HVM capability, so in theory I might be able to run a fully virtualized Xen guest with VMware running inside it. It does seem a bit contorted to do so.....

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