Novell,MS and Xen

[Paul Lussier]

"Jeff Macdonald" <macfisherman at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Wasn't one of the reasons given for this deal was for better Linux/Windows
> interop? Wouldn't Xen on a Intel CPU capable of harware virtualization be
> enough interop?

Have you ever experienced a Windows NFS client?
How about a Linux Exchange client?
How about a Linux-based commercial product which uses Samba to share
out file systems to Windows clients but requires AD domain
synchronization for authentication ?

These are some of the things which HW virtualization will not fix.

-- 
Seeya,
Paul