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• The type of Virtualization being discussed is not OS virtualization in the way most people commonly understand it. It is application virtualization. More like how a JavaVM works... or how Wine allows you to run windows applications without installing or owning windows.
  
  Thinstall, a product recently purchased by VMware, virtualizes just above the OS level, virtualizing the file system and registry to create apps which are "installable" on many machines without conflicting with other files and registry entries of the same names. This is likely the start of a long road towards their ultimate goal of applications running on a truely virtual appliance.
  
  I agree the article could use more details that explain this more. But a little research on your own goes a long way.
  
  BTW, Microsoft also has plans to explore application virtualization. In reply to: "VMware: Windows is toast"

  July 23, 2008

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