Jeff Vilimek

This post is the third in a series on virtualization: Introduction, Platform (Servers and PCs), Desktop, Application, and Cloud
A special case of platform virtualization is the ability to run a server or desktop operating system in a virtual environment on a PC or Mac. Running Windows on a Mac via Parallels is a key example and represents one of the common uses of this. This article describes other uses and gives an overview of top vendors’ offerings.

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This post is the second in a series on virtualization: Introduction, Platform (Servers and PCs), Desktop, Application, and Cloud

Of my four rough categories of virtualization, platform or server virtualization is usually what comes to mind first. I use the term platform since this can be done in special situations with PC operating systems, not just server, but I’ll cover those in my next post.

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Twitter may very well be the foundation of the real-time web and possibly an enabling component to a future semantic web. However, it has become clear to me that it is not a very good social network. This post explains why.

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Internet by Jeff Vilimek