Am 26.11.2008 um 18:55 schrieb Karanbir Singh: > Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >> It doesn't make sense not to care about such things as they have real >> bearing on the viability of a product/project. And customer >> satisfaction does mean something. I do care about such things (they >> are not the ONLY things) and they are reasons *to use* Open Source >> and, >> particularly, CentOS. > > I fail to see you logic, please elaborate on that. Why should I care > what 5 other people are running when I get a better bang for my buck > with a technology I use, costs less and provides me a means to > contribute back into the community pool. > >> You use the VIC client, which does not require the VIC server but can >> connect directly to any ESX/ESXi host. After you install ESXi you >> navigate to the box with a web browser and there is a link to >> download >> VIC directly from the host. > > yes, but there is technology shortcomings there, it requires me to > invest in Windows as a base OS, which in turn means a lot of other > legal and vendor lock in issues. Agreed - I hate the fact the the VIC only runs on Windows. There is AFAIK, an experimental GUI from a 3rd-party using Adobe AIR - but even without trying it (AIR doesn't run on my 64bit desktop anyway...) I hesitate to call this a "solution".... ;-) VMware is very Windows-centric. They do know that they have a customer- base that in part absolutely hates this - but from what I read on the forums, it's not an immediate concern to them. And above all, the stupid VIC is slow as a snail. Rainer