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Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> [...] |
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> BTW: I told a few other faculty about my difficulties: here's a |
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> typical reaction: |
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>> It's an obvious question, but... are they freakin' insane? VMWare is one of the |
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>> few really good pieces of general-market software that supports Linux. Why |
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>> on earth would the linux community cut them off? |
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>> Harumph! |
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> Mind you, I'm not certain who cut who off, but I'll be glad to report |
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> there's a serious effort to fix this. |
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No one has cut off anyone. VMWare even contributes code to the kernel |
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(and it is accepted). The problem is simply that VMWare chooses to |
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support specific versions of the kernel. |
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But when you ask them about support for the new kernels, the answer is |
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"we are annoyed by the kernel development process; they change the |
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internal API all the time, it's annoying." |
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I think it's time for the kernel devs to apologize to VMWare and to |
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promise that they won't be so annoying anymore in the future. We can't |
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let VMWare getting annoyed, now can we. |
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