From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:28:32 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on ESX? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 703e411c-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed Mar 28 06:33:11 EDT 2012, aram.h@mgk.ro wrote: > > seriously, you can have an atom server > > for less than the cost of an esx license. >=20 > Less than free? ESXi is free. esxi !=3D esx. they're very different products. (and even esxi requires more hardware for the same job.) the attaction for many people to using esx is that many it departments have it. they don't have esxi. esxi is also close to the worst of both worlds. all the complications of virtualization, without what i see as the real benefit=E2=80=94vmotion= . (live migration.) =20 - erik