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Is the operating system dead? If any tech vendors were going to make that argument, you would expect VMware to be at the top of the list -- especially now that Google is building its own operating system.
But while VMware (VMW) claims operating systems such as Windows and Linux are becoming less important because of the virtualization software VMware created, the company doesn't necessarily expect the OS to disappear any time soon.
VMware CEO Paul Maritz, a former Microsoft Windows executive, recently argued that operating systems are having their jobs stolen by virtualization and open development frameworks.
Essentially, VMware believes that Windows and other operating systems are no longer with battery like Compaq Presario V2699XX Battery , Compaq Presario V4000 Battery , Compaq Presario V4000 Battery , Compaq Presario V5000 Battery , Compaq Presario V5000 CTO Battery , Compaq Presario V5000T CTO Battery , Compaq Presario X1000 Battery , Compaq Presario X1001US Battery , Compaq Presario X1002US Battery , Compaq Presario X6000 Battery , Compaq Presario1507EA-XP Battery , Compaq Presario1516US Battery necessary to directly manage hardware because of virtualization, and the proliferation of cloud computing is lessening the importance of the operating system's interaction with applications. But the OS still has a long future because many applications depend upon it and are unlikely to be re-written anytime soon, Bogomil Balkansky, VMware's vice president of product marketing, said in an interview that expands upon Maritz's comments.
"If you look at what an OS does and what vSphere [VMware's virtualization and management platform] does, clearly there is duplication in terms of managing the hardware," Balkansky says. Now, "it's the virtualization layer that is the first layer that sits on top of the bare metal. You don't need that part of the operating system anymore that manages the hardware. That is one way the role of the operating system is diminished, because it no longer manages the hardware, at least for the virtualized servers."
The role of the operating system in providing interfaces to applications is also being diminished, both because of virtualization and the proliferation of new Web application development frameworks like Ruby on Rails, he says. New tools for writing applications are "abstracted at a higher level, where if you're a developer you often don't know what operating system is underneath anymore," Balkansky says.
Despite that, Balkansky says operating systems will last a "fairly long time," because "the cycles of rewriting and re-architecting applications is fairly long. Think about how often somebody like SAP comes up with a new architecture. It's not even once in a decade. For most major software applications to be re-architected in a different way, it's going to be some time for sure."