Chapter 2. Version Comparison
Virtualization as a technology has been around for a very long time. VMware was founded by a group out of Stanford and was one of the early companies that brought virtualization to the x86 platform. Their initial product was a “please try this, it is cool, and tell us what to fix” version of VMware Workstation. Soon after that, VMware Workstation version 2 came out, and the world of computing changed. When version 4 of VMware Workstation came out, more and more people started to use the product, and soon after came the server versions GSX and ESX. With ESX, another change to computing took place; virtualization has become the buzzword and driving force behind many datacenter choices.
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