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Re:Docker and Microsoft partner to drive adoption of distrib... by frostmatthew on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @06:36PM (#8462230)
> VMWare itself still requires an underlying operating system

VMware is a company, not a product - the product you're [probably?] referring to is ESX[1], which does not require an underlying OS - it's a Type 1 hypervisor (it runs on bare metal).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware_ESX

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Re:Docker and Microsoft partner to drive adoption of distrib... by yohanatan on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @11:34PM (#8463230)
I was actually referring to 'VMWare Workstation'. This company apparently has a habit of putting the company name inside all of its product names. That doesn't preclude one from referring to each its product offerings by short name.
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