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From: Chris Ridd on 28 Jun 2010 15:33 On 2010-06-28 19:29:06 +0100, Colin Harper said: > On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:15:49 +0100, Chris Ridd wrote > (in article <88rp4lFrmoU1(a)mid.individual.net>): > >> I could never work out why they bothered doing a Windows+IE-only web >> client. If you're going to do a web client, you intend to support >> multiple platforms don't you? >> > > Box. Tick. True, though I'd have thought VMware were technically savvy enough not to be entirely that stupid! -- Chris
From: Gavin on 28 Jun 2010 16:18 On 2010-06-28 19:30:10 +0100, Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> said: > On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:47:53 +0100, D.M. Procida wrote > (in article > <1jksri0.nhtc5eeshg7kN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>): > >> Do such things, or equivalents, exist? >> >> Daniele > > Oh I wish. I have to run a Parallels here, just for VI Client when I'm home > working. > > Mumbles. I wonder if I could get it working in Wine... ? Its odd isnt it, as ESXi is a custom RedHat installation. -- Gavin. ACSP 10.5 http://www.stoof.co.uk http://www.twitter.com/gavin_wilby
From: Chris Ridd on 28 Jun 2010 16:20 On 2010-06-28 21:18:20 +0100, Gavin said: > On 2010-06-28 19:30:10 +0100, Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> said: > >> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:47:53 +0100, D.M. Procida wrote >> (in article >> <1jksri0.nhtc5eeshg7kN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>): >> >>> Do such things, or equivalents, exist? >>> >>> Daniele >> >> Oh I wish. I have to run a Parallels here, just for VI Client when I'm home >> working. >> >> Mumbles. I wonder if I could get it working in Wine... ? > > Its odd isnt it, as ESXi is a custom RedHat installation. *Very* custom, as Red Hat include KVM and not VMware's hypervisor. -- Chris
From: Gavin on 28 Jun 2010 16:25 On 2010-06-28 21:20:05 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: > On 2010-06-28 21:18:20 +0100, Gavin said: > >> On 2010-06-28 19:30:10 +0100, Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> said: >> >>> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:47:53 +0100, D.M. Procida wrote >>> (in article >>> <1jksri0.nhtc5eeshg7kN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>): >>> >>>> Do such things, or equivalents, exist? >>>> >>>> Daniele >>> >>> Oh I wish. I have to run a Parallels here, just for VI Client when I'm home >>> working. >>> >>> Mumbles. I wonder if I could get it working in Wine... ? >> >> Its odd isnt it, as ESXi is a custom RedHat installation. > > *Very* custom, as Red Hat include KVM and not VMware's hypervisor. Still though - thats what its underpinnings are - and yet no Linux/ Unix nor OSX Client. -- Gavin. ACSP 10.5 http://www.stoof.co.uk http://www.twitter.com/gavin_wilby
From: Chris Ridd on 28 Jun 2010 16:38
On 2010-06-28 21:25:22 +0100, Gavin said: > On 2010-06-28 21:20:05 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: >> *Very* custom, as Red Hat include KVM and not VMware's hypervisor. > > Still though - thats what its underpinnings are - and yet no Linux/ > Unix nor OSX Client. The userspace might be Red Hat-ish, I guess. Never bothered looking. I thought there was a Linux programmatic (perl?) interface? Obviously porting GUIs is hard work, but there's no reason a perl API couldn't be ported to other Unixes. -- Chris |