Let me be clear about this: this is the way that software will be distributed. Virtualization solutions like this (be it VMWare or Xen) will allow us to leave the current mess of software dependencies behind. No worrying about target Operating systems, their versions, their current state of configuration, or (for Windows machines) their current system rot status. Nope, just setup everything you need in a system, preconfigure it, and when you‘re ready to ship: freeze it. The user simply takes your images, points his VMWare or Xen at it and … well… that‘s it. Throw in solutions like Qemu, and you don‘t even have to care what CPU your user is running.
I love to hear things like this.
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