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The result was Delete. Fram (talk) 13:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Much of this is WP:SYNTH. Of the valid information, most of that is available in the more relevant articles, such as VMs, emulators, etc. Yngvarr 19:05, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak keep and cleanup Fake OS's are not exactly non-notable, as their use is becoming more widespread, but this article is in drastic need of some cleanup and sourcing. RedZionX 20:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The problem I have with the article is both a misleading title, and the presentation. I use VM's every day at my job as a network engineer, and use emulators at home as a hobby, so I am a little familiar with them. I understand that my interpretation here, and my discussion, is subject to WP:OR, but the title of the article suggests that these are not "real" operating systems. VMs provide a layer of hardware emulation under which a real operating system runs; emulators generally do not provide a hardware emulation layer, but a real operating system still operates. But under all circumstances, they are very real operating systems. I submitted it for AFD, rather than address it, because I think the term hopeless is applicable (and that is not being snide). A move to address the name would not address that concern, as virtual machine and emulator are appropriate, and the individual articles discuss the inner workings, which are vastly different between the methods. Sorry for the long-winded reply. Yngvarr 20:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Nonstandard terminology/neologism, synthesis. Quale (talk) 17:20, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete as original research. The information is already properly covered in each of the relevant articles for VM's, JVM's and the like. -- Whpq (talk) 14:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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