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On the 3rd of April 2009, Microsoft released a video which was supposed to "bust" 10 "VMware Myths", but as far as I can see the entire video has backfired pretty badly.

I'll let some of the brighter minds highlight the video content and dissect the myths, but I have to say this: Microsoft, please, if you want to play this game do it right. Make your own cases, don't try to disprove other people by highlighting their errors, erroneously. That doesn't work, sorry.

Gabe posted "When myth busting goes wrong and becomes a myth to bust it self"

Stu posted "Microsoft Hyper-V 2.0 - NO Memory Overcommit!"

Be sure to read the comments on the original video as well. Can anyone spell busted? Or is that coming in R2?

Finally I want to highlight a post by Eric Sloof: "When I’m feeling blue" hits the sweet spot with regards to just how mature and stable Hyper-V is. I guess busted is a part of v1.0 after all.

Hal Rottenberg's Managing VMWare Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell is now available as pre-order from ScriptingOutpost.com

I follow Hal on Twitter and find his PowerShell and VMware knowledge inspiring, hopefully his book will help me master the black art of PowerShell and help me in my day to day VMware Infrastructure management as well.

Go order now, I know I will.

Alan Renouf, who I believe is french, asks if a VMware Virtual User Group is a good idea.

Sure, why not? If you have some input, please do the survey that Alan has prepared, and have your say!

Petri.co.il has just informed me that my article titled "Installing Windows 7 in VMware Server 2.0" has been approved and published.

Hopefully this is just the first of many articles I'll be contributing to the site, and for me personally this is pretty exciting. Normally I'm the writer, editor and publicist all wrapped up in one when I post something online, and having someone else reading through and approving my article is not something I'm used to.

But there it is, complete with author bio and all. Good times!

Another year is nearly over and done with, and 2009 is only a few hours away here in Norway. Instead of doing a wrap up of 2008, I’ll take a look at the upcoming new year and explain why it has potential to be a great year.

There are three things on my list that should make 2009 most excellent.

• VMware vSphere

  
  The newly renamed VMware Infrastructure 4 shows a lot of promise, and I can't wait for the final release to be made available. That and all of the fun projects I have planned at work should make 2009 an even better year to be a VMware administrator.

• Gallery3

  
  The "re-invention" of Gallery also shows a lot of promise, and knowing the people behind it and how they think I'm very confident that 2009 will be the year that Gallery again blows all other competitors out of the water. No, I'm not talking about overtaking Flickr, but there is definitely a market for people who really want to host their own data and not leave that to a third party service. Also, it's theming and embedding systems will make it easy to integrate Gallery 3 into your existing systems.

• Habari

  
  Habari is still evolving and I'm betting that 2009 will be the year that people really start noticing it's potential. The code foundation is strong and we are still exploring all it's possibilities. I'm confident that we will see an upsurge in usage and creative uses for the platform, and that 2009 will be the best year for Habari yet.

So there it is. My own personal list of exciting things to look forward to in 2009. Of course, there are many other things that should make 2009 great, but these are the ones in the forefront of my mind right now.

On a personal level, I hope that a few of the changes planned around here and on opticalpork.com will make a difference. I have a lot planned, time will show if I'm actually able to pull it off. I can promise one thing though. My posts here will be more focused and regular than before.

Welcome 2009. You look promising, now don't disappoint me.