Comments on: Virtualization Is Successful Because Operating Systems Are Weak http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/weblogs/pmeunier/secure-it-practices/post-143/virtualization-is-successful-because-operating-systems-are-weak/ Privacy, Security and Information Assurance issues Mon, 12 May 2008 13:58:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ryan http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/weblogs/pmeunier/secure-it-practices/post-143/virtualization-is-successful-because-operating-systems-are-weak/#comment-202611 Ryan Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:11:48 +0000 http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/weblogs/pmeunier/secure-it-practices/post-143/virtualization-is-successful-because-operating-systems-are-weak/#comment-202611 I think you're spot-on. Something like Microsoft Reasearch's Singularity OS would be a far better solution than Virutalization. Unfortunaltey, no real, useful applications run on Singularity, or any other "future" secure and stable OS. So Virtualization's dominance is inevitable, because we have a lot of legacy stuff that needs to keep operating. Virtualization lets us do that with lots of flexibility and minimal hardware requirements. It's the difference between academic IT and real-world IT "we gotta provide this service to the business or our customers at this cost". I think you’re spot-on. Something like Microsoft Reasearch’s Singularity OS would be a far better solution than Virutalization.

Unfortunaltey, no real, useful applications run on Singularity, or any other “future” secure and stable OS.

So Virtualization’s dominance is inevitable, because we have a lot of legacy stuff that needs to keep operating. Virtualization lets us do that with lots of flexibility and minimal hardware requirements.

It’s the difference between academic IT and real-world IT “we gotta provide this service to the business or our customers at this cost”.

]]> By: Quasi.dot › Segnalazioni sparse http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/weblogs/pmeunier/secure-it-practices/post-143/virtualization-is-successful-because-operating-systems-are-weak/#comment-202229 Quasi.dot › Segnalazioni sparse Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:15:39 +0000 http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/weblogs/pmeunier/secure-it-practices/post-143/virtualization-is-successful-because-operating-systems-are-weak/#comment-202229 [...] se la vera ragione della virtualizzazione fosse che non ci fidiamo dei sistemi operativi di oggi? E intanto ne mettiamo su un [...] [...] se la vera ragione della virtualizzazione fosse che non ci fidiamo dei sistemi operativi di oggi? E intanto ne mettiamo su un [...]

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