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Old 11th August, 2007, 05:17 PM
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VMware Predicts Death To Operating Systems
Written by Daniel
Saturday, 11 August 2007
Mendel Rosenblum envisions a world run by virtualization appliances where software makers wouldn't need a bulky or complex OS.
By Antone Gonsalves
InformationWeek
August 9, 2007 04:01 PM

In the view of Mendel Rosenblum, chief scientist and co-founder of virtualization vendor VMware, today's modern operating system is destined for the dustbin, a scenario unlikely to please Microsoft or any of the Linux vendors.
Rosenblum's keynote on Thursday wrapped up the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, preaching the virtues of virtualization, which he believes will eventually make today's complex, some would say bloated, operating systems obsolete. "It's just going to go away," Rosenblum said.... Front Page
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