But The Register consistently hears that many VMware customers plan to quit the vStack
> But The Register consistently hears that many VMware customers plan to quit the vStack
There is a difference between planning and doing.
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I don't know Spinnaker, so I asked google "is spinnaker a replacement for vmware?".
"No, Spinnaker is not a direct replacement for VMware. Spinnaker is a continuous delivery platform, while VMware is a virtualization platform. Spinnaker helps automate the deployment of applications across various environments, including those managed by VMware. Spinnaker can be used to deploy applications on VMware infrastructure, but it doesn't replace VMware's core functionality of virtualizing hardware. "
So ... can someone explain what Telefonica is doing?
"On ChromeOS, we have found this to be a very handy feature. ... These days we use it to run the Debian edition of VLC for local music and video playback."
Me too!
I've got a Chromebook, which is rock stable and fast.
And I run a Linux Debian VM on it, for Linux command line stuff, and Linux programs like VLC.
"Microsoft ends support for Windows 10 – October 14, 2025, is the end of support for most versions"
And then? With a billion computers on Windows 10, they can't just stop security updates? That would become the biggest bot network in the world.
So I expect that Microsoft will take care of import security updates on Windows 10
How are those migrations to alternatives going? I heard a lot of plans, but so far I only heard of Beeks' "Most of the VMs now run under OpenNebula". So are other companies migrating too, or just telling about plans, or just paying the Broadcam bill?
I can imagine technical people experienced in VMware want to stay on VMware as its their expertise.
... so that makes 58 varieties?
On my RISC-V SBC (running Bianbu OS):
~ sudo docker run -it fedorariscv/base /bin/bash
bash-5.2# cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 41 (Rawhide)
bash-5.2# uname -m
riscv64
bash-5.2# uname -a
Linux 5233f20c2935 6.6.36 #2.0.2.2 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 11 13:06:48 UTC 2024 riscv64 GNU/Linux
"The problem I see is that if existing licenses aren't transferrable, then anybody who has such a license and has developed products or intellectual property with it cannot put any kind of a value on that IP or product design, as it would go away in any sale or merger."
Is that a problem? Not for ARM, I would say. It puts ARM in a very powerful position. A potential buyer then clearly knows he has to negotiate with two separate parties: the to be taken-over party, and ... nice & friendly & understanding ARM. And ARM can look into the pocket of the (big) buyer.
"I wonder where those CDNs will get their IP addresses"
Assuming you mean legacy IP address, aka IPV4:
They buy them from ISPs moving their customers to CGNAT. And from parties (education) who suddenly find a few Block B's in a drawer now that the price is nice. But those sellers should hurry ... since 2023, the IPv4 price is dropping.
Article: "Jack Mulcaire, Chief Legal Officer at Clearview AI, said in a statement sent to The Register: "Clearview AI does not have a place of business in the Netherlands or the EU, it does not have any customers in the Netherlands or the EU, and does not undertake any activities that would otherwise mean it is subject to the GDPR. This decision is unlawful, devoid of due process, and is unenforceable.""
Dutch DPA: "Among other things, Clearview has built an illegal database with billions of photos of faces, including of Dutch people." ... Dutch people, and thus subject to GDPR.
Maybe the Chief Legal Officer at Clearview AI should get some legal advice about GDPR.
Or not, but then indeed avoid visiting the EU. And watch out for an extradition request
"our mission to make high-performance, low-cost computing accessible to everyone."
Nope. A N100 NUC performances better, with the same cost as a Raspi including SD (brr) let alone SSD, power, case.
Chinese offer lower cost, with the performance
See Jeff Geerling's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjzvh-bfV-E " Is it possible to buy brand a brand new Intel N100 mini PC for less than a Pi 5? Yes! But is it better? Watch the video and we'll see..."
The niche markets for Raspi:
* industrial / embedded
* hacking where you IO ports
"I don't think anyone is going to trade compatibility headaches for a twenty percent discount on the hardware alone."
I don't expect compatibility headaches with mainstream software that is not (yet) ARM compatible ... thanks to emulation.
I do expect compatibility headaches with hardware drivers etcetera.
If there were a discount, it would be on the CPU alone. RAM and SSD and screen ... no discount.
But the focus of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite seems to be on fast & longer battery ... for a high price. "Faster than and same price as <some expensive Mac>". Apple can sell and charge fanboys anything, but that is not how it works in the Windows world, IMHO
Do you have a source for that 25%?
Article: "Today, around 8-10 percent of quarterly PC shipments are Arm-based, which is almost entirely Apple Silicon." So where do you get the remaining 15-17% from?
If your "Google" means Chromebook: A few years back, a lot of Chromebooks were ARM, but nowadays it's mostly Intel. So Intel has tackled that threat, probably by offering a price you can't refuse.
Note: Article is about Windows; see title. So the 50% is a bold claim. Even if you replace "Windows" with "PC/laptop", so including Apple and Chromebook. I like bold claims!
Whose problem are they trying to solve? AFAIK the Snapdragon X Elite laptops are well above 1000 euro. IMHO that is a nice market, and thus you won't achieve 50% overall market share that way.
Gamers do buy expensive laptops, but they still stick to Intel and Nvidia
I'm willing to buy an ARM laptop, as long as it runs Ubuntu, but with a pricepoint of 400-450 euro.
And NUCs are around 120 euro, including SSD and RAM and VAT. So good luck penetrating that market.
I expected "Computershare" would rent out ... shared computers, but wikipedia says "Computershare primarily provides stock registration and transfer services to companies listed on stock markets, but also offers technology services for stock exchanges, investor services for shareholders and employee share plan management."
So it's a financial services company? Then the number of VMs is indeed quite high.
"I now have a more powerful arm64 machine (thanks to Ampere)":
1) why only now? Why not 1 or 2 years ago when they were released? If I were the Ampere product manager, I would have given Linus such a machine ASAP
2) any guesses what kind of box? A rack machine (2U, 4U), or a desktop?