VMware Promises Multiple OSs On One Cellphone 90
superglaze writes to tell us that VMware has announced a large effort behind their Mobile Virtualization Platform, promising the possibility of multiple operating systems on mobile devices. "The company described MVP as a 'thin layer of software' that will be embedded in handsets and 'be optimized to run efficiently on low-power-consuming and memory-constrained mobile phones.' Asked whether MVP would offer something different from the abstraction already provided by mobile Java, VMware's European product director Fredrik Sjostedt told ZDNet UK that MVP would require less recoding. 'If you want to have an application run on a Java-specific appliance, you need to code it for Java,' Sjostedt said. 'What we're introducing with MVP is an [embedded] abstraction layer below that, between the physical hardware and the software layer.'"
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VMWare Promises Multiple OSs On One Cellphone
Just the other day I was having problems getting World of Warcraft working in Windows Mobile on my Heier Black Pearl Micro [gizmodo.com] while at the same time using VMWare to host a wiki on a completely secure LAMP stack. Seriously guys, it's 2008--we've defeated our greatest fear (the polar bear) and we've elected an African American president--so why are cell phones still in the stone age? Is it really too much to ask for me to be able to play my favorite game and host some simple PHP pages while driving down the highway accepting incoming phone calls?
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Maybe some people like their cell phones to make phone calls without needing a reboot every few days, or being loaded up with a gigabyte of software in memory who's only purpose is to look in the mirror and say "Who's a pretty girl? I'm a pretty girl! Who's a pretty girl..."
Re:Why? (Score:4, Funny)
Q: There are too many platforms. What should I do?
A: Make another platform!
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