openMosix vs KVM, Xen,...et al

g4sra <g4sra-/[email protected]> Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:17:57 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.cluster.openmosix.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have bit my tongue long enough. openMosix never did have, does not, 
(and as far as I can predict the future) ever will, have anything to do 
with Virtualization (even though that may have been the original 
motivation). Those knowledgeable on KVM should read up on openMosix, and 
you will understand why I say what I do.  Any tools written to be 
compatible with both openMosix and KVM will be nothing more than a 
bodged compromise, if you want to run that type of software, talk to Bill.

If you insist on buzzword usage, change "Virtualization" to "Virtual", 
as a simplistic (and incorrect) view, openMosix provides the capability 
of having "Virtual CPU's". This persistent lumping in of openMosix with 
Virtualization does nothing but confuse newcomers and cloud the real 
openMosix issues. (Somebody demo me standard XP sitting on a straight 
openMosix kernel and I will eat my words :>).

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