Open source virtualisation – worth the wait

“With open source virtualisation, you can do pretty much
anything you can do with commercial products, but with added
advantages.

“The nature of the open source community means that there are
hundreds of eyes that are continually assessing existing programs
and bug-fixing is done properly within minimal time. Open source
products are improved on an ongoing basis, providing outstanding
quality from the start. The large number of developers working on
open source virtualisation has not only allowed it to successfully
catch up with proprietary virtualisation, but it is now surpassing
it in features and performance — and all of this is available at a
lesser cost.

“A possible drawback of using proprietary virtualisation is that
the virtual machines could be stored in a format that is not
compatible with other software. This makes it difficult, if not
impossible, to switch to another virtualisation technology in the
future. Virtualisation is currently a very innovative and
competitive market, and vendor-lock in should be avoided.”

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