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by rrdharan 1486 days ago
You’re referring to the Console OS which they also did open source (it was just Red Hat, sources available upon request).

The relationship between the Console OS and the Vmkernel / hypervisor was very similar to the relationship between Windows/Linux/macOS and VMware Workstation/Fusion, which were also proprietary software not derived from any of those OSes.
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monocasa 1485 days ago
No, I'm referring to the vmklinux driver stack which has always had the purpose of running GPLed code directly by hypervisor without the consoleos mediating access to hardware.

Also, does 'they' actually include 'you'? Googling your username seems to connect you with vmware code pretty intimately.

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