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RE: [Xen-devel] App virtualisation, not OS virtualisation

To: "graham" <the_ether@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] App virtualisation, not OS virtualisation
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:45:16 +0100
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> Yes, that would solve my concern about wasted resource of 
> having multiple copies of the same OS when all I want to do 
> is run multiple apps.

OSes are pretty small compared to the apps that get run in them, so its
not as big a win as you might think...

Ian

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