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

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've been trying to virtualize SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 for various reasons, 
and found that the Xensource 4.x doesn't support it, nor does the open 
source Xen 3.x in any of the environments I've tried. It works on 
VMware, but for various reasons I prefer to use Xen on my Dom0. (I like 
open source, and the base OS for the commercial reasons is much, much 
more recent, and I suspect the Xen Dom0 performance for managing backup 
systems is superior.)
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? I've not taken apart the kernel modules well enough 
to tell, but I hate to have to dedicate entire servers to VMware: it can 
absorb the resources I'd otherwise use to provide Xen.


_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users