Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: ray Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: gps support Date: 14 Jun 2011 22:22:41 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: <95q59hFld5U4@mid.individual.net> References: <95n68eFld5U2@mid.individual.net> <95ndeuFgjrU1@mid.individual.net> <-MmdnQOKvazx2GrQnZ2dnUVZ8qWdnZ2d@lyse.net> <95pat8Fld5U3@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net mAu3NWc51hBlo7nHtfL3CQorhVW1lP6owAWktIQH2tMlBctZiN Cancel-Lock: sha1:KN6H8tOn/FEWD2SamZme4ewnXCw= User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.hardware:433 On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:57:29 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist wrote: > ray wrote: >> No offense, but I don't have an MS license. I'm also of the opinion >> that if you have to run MS in a virtual machine to accomplish >> something, then you've gained very little by running Linux in the first >> place. > > Even though I prefer to do most stuff in Linux I would have to disagree > about not getting any gain bu running MS in a virtual machine. > > IMHO MS environments are better run in virtual machines than on real > machines for the following reasons: > > 1) Many commercial tools written for a MS OS seem to assume that they > are supposed to be installed on a computer bought for the only purpose > to run that software. With virtual hosting it is possible to setup > multiple MS environments for such software installations. > > 2) Many MS OS installations seem to degrade over time. With the > "snapshot" feature of virtual machines like qemu it is possible to keep > reference installations in a fresh state. > Exactly, and IMHO, that's very little gain. > regards Henrik