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New Buildings and Apologies

In the grand tradition of this blog, I need to apologise for not posting again. I don't have much of a defence, except that I've been very busy at work for reasons that I can now talk about: My employer has finally received all the confirmations, funding and planning permission we need in order...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 07-21-2008
Waiting to switch...

Glenn Wolsey posted today about his experiences with migrating from a desktop machine to a MacBook Pro and how it's caused him to re-think his storage strategy. This got me thinking about my own computers and storage needs. I'm actually very happy with my MacBook even if it isn't a 'pro'...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 11-29-2007
Why products don't ship on time, and nobody likes them when they do.

Well it made me laugh . I've been here myself a few times with internal projects and "Real Actual Shipping Products for Paying Customers (c)(tm)(r)" and there is definitely a few grains of truth on this page. Also, it's funny. I like funny. No more Vista review just yet. I've been away and busy on a...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 01-19-2007
Softricity now part of Microsoft.

Over in his blog , Alessandro Perilli notes that possibly the worst kept secret in the virtualization rumour mill is now official. We all knew it was happening. We all knew it would be announced soon, but now it's actually a done deal . Microsoft have acquired Softricity . So what now? Alessandro suggests...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 07-18-2006
What is the difference between Virtualization and Emulation?

Apologies in advance to anyone who feels this question is too basic and wastes your time. Fact is, it might be a basic question but I've been asked this question or a version of it quite a lot recently. Emulation is providing your user with a complete model of your emulated system for their use, requiring...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 05-23-2006
A MacBook running Virtual machines

Hopefully I'll be getting a MacBook in a week or two, in fact I'm selling the G4 iBook on eBay to help finance it, if anyone in the UK fancies finding it and making a bid. Once it arrives I will of course be writing about it and using it to further the integration and virtualisation parts of the site...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 05-22-2006
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Now a FREE download!

I'm sure you'll all remember a few months ago when I talked about how VMWare were releasing their VMWare Server product for free. Quite a few people talked about this at the time, and wondered what this meant for Microsoft's growing virtualization product line. Well I guess now we know. Microsoft have...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 04-03-2006
Virtual Servers – proper planning prevents poor performance!

One of the more common areas of confusion with Virtual Servers is how to deploy them properly, to ensure good performance and reliability. Some people are scared of Virtual Server technology and refuse to believe it can ever perform well enough to justify the investment. Others see Virtualisation as...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 03-12-2006
VMWare to offer free "VMWare Server" product! Sandboxes just got a whole lot cheaper

In a very interesting move, VMWare have announced that they are releasing their VMWare server product, for free. This is the next edition of their "entry level" server virtualisation product and is the one that competes most directly with Microsoft's Virtual Server. All I can say is... you can't go wrong...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 02-06-2006
Can Windows Vista install in a Virtual PC

Short answer: "Yes with a but". Long answer: Yes... But you'll need to create a partition on your virtual disk with another OS installer or FDISK type program in order to create a partition before installing Vista (Win 98 Virtual Floppy with FDISK right here, ain't I good to you?) Virtual PC won't mount...

Posted to Someone Else (Weblog) by Robert Moir on 01-04-2006

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