Book excerpt: There has never been a VMware Guide like this. It contains 266 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, with insights that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast! This all-embracing guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. This Guide introduces what you want to know about VMware. A quick look inside of some of the subjects covered: Object database - Timeline, Nimbula - Release History, Cloud computing Open source, VMware - Acquisitions, Free and open-source graphics device driver - Other vendors, Disk image Virtualization, Mac OS OS X, VMware ESX - Performance limitations, Cisco Systems - Hardware, Stanford University - Notable alumni, IBM cloud computing - History, VMware - Cloud management software, Peter Fenton (venture capitalist) - Benchmark, VMware ESX - Purple diagnostic screen, Linux kernel mailing list, MINIX 3, MINIX - MINIX 3, Cloud computing - Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Nexenta OS - Repositories, Linux distribution - Tools for choosing a distribution, VMware ESX - VMware ESXi, Cloud computing On-demand self-service, iSCSI - Operating-system capability, Nexenta OS - NexentaStor, Macintosh - Software, Check Point - Products, Virtual machine - Emulation of the underlying raw hardware (native execution), Hardware virtualization - Hardware-assisted virtualization, Ruby (programming language) - Implementations, NetApp - Partnerships, Desktop virtualization Further reading, Hypervisor - x86 Systems, Hardware virtualization - Full virtualization, Cloud computing Vendor lock-in, Dell Acquisitions, Cloud computing comparison Supported Clients, VMware ESX - Cisco Nexus 1000v, Linux Mint - Features, EMC Corporation, and much more...