N. T. wrote:

> OK, does anyone use the VM installation (*nix under Win, or Win under
> Win) not only for development and testing, but for some more or less
> critical task?

Not currently, but I wouldn't have a problem with it. Currently I do
most of my work under Windows and have build and development Linux VMs,
but I anticipate a switch at some point. I do my accounting in Quicken,
and although I dislike much of it, I don't think I'm ready to switch any
time soon -- so if I can't get this going under Wine after a switch to
Linux, I'd run it in a Windows VM without hesitation. This would be a
critical task.

> Personally, I think, I would not use VM at all, I woiuld just install
> another system in a new partition. Rebooting is not a big hassle
> compared to the hassle of troubleshhoting Windows potentially
> affected by the VM installation.

I didn't see any ill effects on Windows by neither the VMware nor the
VirtualBox installations. To me, rebooting /is/ a hassle; in the example
given above, I really would hate having to reboot twice just to access
my accounting program and get back.=20


To answer Bill's question: Currently I run Linux VMs for Linux software
development. At some point I used VMs for testing Windows programs under
different versions of Windows. I also used them for running the several
tiers of a multi-tier web site in several VMs on one system for
development.

This is all stuff for which I wouldn't want to have to reboot (in a
multi-boot setup) or have to buy another system.=20

Gerhard
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