Metis

[Jared]

>     The original rant remains standing: On a philosophical level,
>     virtual machine layers limit the geek. Some geeks like that.
>     This one prefers freedom.
> 
> I think I'm the complete opposite.  I love the fact that 
> VMWare/QEmu/etc.. are coming along and creating a virtual machine where 
> I don't have to worry about hardware compatibility anymore.  I'd like to 
> eventually have preconfigured/pretuned virtual machines that are 
> specific to a job function become the norm.  This makes server 
> migrations, turn-ups, turn-downs, etc.. far easier imho.  But this is 
> coming from a SysAdmin, not a programmer, so that may be the difference.

Hmmm. Hadn't thought of this angle. Compelling reason for a virtual
layer. Good point.

-Jared