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Drop the VMs and modernize. Containers, Kubernetes or if you really need VMs then get some cloud stuff, IaC. It's a brave new world.
Oh yeah and I never liked VMware, they are the Oracle of VMs.
Ironic, since their direct competitor is Oracle VirtualBox lol
On the desktop side
VirtualBox is not an enterprise solution. These customers would be switching to hypervisor solutions like Citrix, Nutanix, etc.
Or containerizing with something like Kubernates.
Or moving to a cloud native solution.
Any number of things, just not moving their enterprise workloads to VirtualBox.
Is there an alternative to windows VMs?
I have tried hyperv but it genuinely sucks just like every Microsoft product. QEMU/KVM, which is a type 1 hypervisor, is really nice tho.
Windows host or Windows guest?
It's a bloated new world. The closer you can stick to the metal - the better your product will be.
Strongly agree.