{"id":10243,"date":"2009-12-18T07:40:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T07:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10243"},"modified":"2009-12-18T07:40:49","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T07:40:49","slug":"why-is-elias-khnaser-so-biased-against-hyper-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10243","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Elias Khnaser So Biased Against Hyper-V?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before we get into this: yes I am pro-Microsoft.&#160; But I have deployed and used VMware software in the past.&#160; I have been a happy ESX customer.&#160; I even agree with those who state VMware Workstation is the best product for virtualisation on Windows Vista\/7.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, I dissected an article by Elias Khnaser.&#160; I wondered why he, in my opinion, had a poorly educated bias (isn\u2019t that what ignorance is?) against Hyper-V.&#160; I searched him out and found big ol\u2019 VMware all over his site.&#160; Ahh!<\/p>\n<p>Maybe InformationWeek should really do a better job of hiring someone to evaluate Hyper-V?&#160; For example, I wouldn\u2019t hire me to write an evaluation of vSphere because I am not educated about it and I have a clear favour for Hyper-V \u2013 it doesn\u2019t take a genius long to figure that out.&#160; Or maybe it\u2019s InformationWeek that had an agenda?&#160; It\u2019s not unlike some media to have a slant towards their advertisers.&#160; That\u2019s clearly evident in one publication\u2019s annual summer awards issue where \u201cbig yellow\u201d wins every time despite being the most hated s\/w vendors on the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before we get into this: yes I am pro-Microsoft.&#160; But I have deployed and used VMware software in the past.&#160; I have been a happy ESX customer.&#160; I even agree with those who state VMware Workstation is the best product for virtualisation on Windows Vista\/7. 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