[Cialug] Well Done Microsoft?

[Sean Flattery]

They're trying to enable developers to use enterprise Windows installs to
stop them from fleeing to Mac or Linux.  If you allow devs to spin up VMs,
they can bypass all sorts of security controls and it takes away your
visibility into what they're doing within the VMs.

Also, alt-tabbing.  I love my linux VMs at work, but having to grab the
mouse to switch in and out the VM window every time I want to respond to an
IM or email is painful.  Unity mode for VMWare was meant to help, but it
goes wonky for me.




Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:08:27 -0500
From: Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Well Done Microsoft?
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Am I missing the point here? Why would even I bother with MS's new
linux toy, when I can just run a vm of the linux of my choice?

I suppose it could be useful, when I'm working on someone else's
machine and I'm not able to fire up a vm.

:) Dave