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Comment by KirinDave | Hacker News Reader

Am I the only person who thought that instead of “an image for VMware” they meant “the source code to a functional virtual machine that Reddit uses”?

Don't get me wrong, this is cool. But the other way would have been way cooler.

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Hah, I once had a boss wig out when he heard someone mention a "Java VM." He thought we'd done something crazy with VMWare behind his back.

I like that HN gets confused in the other direction.

We're not quite that talented. ;)

We are. (I am working on XenServer.)

I did not get confused by the headline.

I read it as something like a new python vm, not a xen vm.

I got exactly what I hoped for when clicking through. Turnkey-style VMs are great!

That is why I clicked-in as well. The title is very misleading.

Sorry if you felt the title is misleading -- it certainly wasn't my intention.

It's just hard to fit all the info into 80 characters.

  Reddit releases fully functional VM with their source code
  Reddit releases VMWare image and their source code

The most important piece of information was that the VM is fully functional, which your title omits.

Well, if something is released, than I'm assuming that it works.

Did you have trouble running the VM?

Oh, I've only commented the title of the post. But yes, I could've denied myself. Sorry.

Reddit releases VMware image with their infrastructure stack baked in

69 characters.

PS I'm still pissed about getting ninja-banned.

If your username is the same on reddit as here, you don't appear to have ever been banned. If that's not the case, email me and we'll try and figure it out.

Account was knothing.

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