[Announce] Announcing OpenVZ rebase to Windows

Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
Sun Apr 1 09:07:36 EDT 2012


Good day fellow openvz users!

I am glad to officially announce that we decided to rebase OpenVZ from 
Linux to Windows. The main reason is of course Windows market share, but 
it's not the only reason. Windows is well-known for being user friendly, 
stable and secure operating system, very well supported by third-party 
vendors, and we would like to leverage on that and be a part of that 
huge and wonderful Windows ecosystem.

Has it ever come to your mind that while Linux guys are only blabbering 
about clouds, many huge Windows-based clouds (they call them botnets) 
are already fully operational? This is yet another indication of 
platform superiority.

The project of rebasing is currently on its early stages, frankly 
speaking we haven't done much yet except for some preliminary research. 
But I have already designed the new logo, which I am proud to show to 
you today.

Logo design was tough because it should not be too different from the 
old one (after all, OpenVZ is still OpenVZ), but at the same time remind 
our users that this software is Windows-based.
You can enjoy the new logo and the tagline on http://wiki.openvz.org/, 
or directly from http://static.openvz.org/wiki/openvz-win-logo.png

As for the actual software, don't hold your breath, we will let you know 
than it will become available. But don't waste your time waiting! I 
suggest everyone to stop using Linux and start using Windows on their 
personal machines in order to familiarize with it. Me myself, I am 
planning to rm -rf / for both Fedora 16 on my notebook and the Gentoo 
Linux on my home desktop, and reinstall Windows 8.

Best regards,
   Kir.


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