This is what I like to hear. Virtualization is often talked about in the context of the enterprise, but the growing movement in virtual appliances has substantial benefits for big as well as small companies. Maybe even more for small companies since they lack the staff capable of deploying complex software applications.
The challenge, of course, is in getting small businesses to understand what virtualization is and how to utilize it. A big aid in that is if they start getting servers preconfigured with virtualization software where virtual appliances can simply be dropped in place. Virtual appliances will be a strong competitor for things like Microsoft’s small business server and it won’t take much to create a solid linux based offering for the deployment of virtual appliance systems. Of course, Microsoft has its own plans with the bundling of Windows Virtual Server with some versions of Windows Vista. The question then becomes, will the appliances be available for that platform and what is Microsoft going to do with Windows licensing to stop Linux dominating the platform upon which virtual appliances are created?
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