On 02.02.2012 02:21 Russell Coker wrote: > Are there many users who need root containment but who won't have the > resources to run Xen or KVM when the support for Squeeze ends?
I am convinced there are several hosting providers and NGOs who use linux-vservers for (amongst other) the purpose of root containment and lack the coins to run the systems they have in a para-virtualization or full virtualization configuration, and while some of them may get ahold of newer hardware in the meantime this will not change the overall situation for them (they will still need cheap computing power) but just allows them to grow a little. It's not primarily (but also) organizations in the richer countries on this planet which I have in mind. Cheap computational resources are necessary for grassroots organizations to flourish and I think that some if not many of these cannot afford to replace their root containment setups by para-virtualization, not now and not in three years. Obviously, the "it will only get done if someone does it" argument is (always) valid, too. Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f2a55a1.1020...@moritz-naumann.com
