On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Aaron Tiensivu wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 03:01:29PM +0200, C. Jasper Spaans wrote:
> > I've started a new project, "virtual machines", with which it should be
> > possible to do some funky things. I don't know if this is the 'on the lines
> > of IBM/VM'-thing, but it seems to be very nice to have in the kernel, once
> > completed.
> 
> Isn't this what vmware does?

No, it doesn't emulate a complete machine. Look at the patches to see what
it does.

It's able to put processes into seperate environments, which might
contribute to system-security.

This is a first release, so it's very academic right now.

VrGr,
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