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So wrong. Linux IS the underlying OS to VMWare. (Assuming ESX / ESXi?) Windows is in fact, likewise, the underlying OS to Hyper-V. I haven't used it for some time because it never made sense to me that your hypervisor should be set up as a usable (application-bearing) OS itself.

The mentality is such that it just seems like a me-too product to compete with VMW as a way of allowing virtualization (which MS will not be able to forbid successfully) while recouping the licensing costs that they've been missing out on. Not a very pure ideology if the product, and its performance, are your primary concern.