vmware and FreeBSD. HUH?

[Axel S. Gruner]

Am 21.11.2007 um 10:49 schrieb James Seward:

> On Nov 21, 2007 7:35 AM, Peter Ross <Peter.Ross at alumni.tu-berlin.de>  
> wrote:
>> # uname -a
>> Linux myhostname 2.4.21-47.0.1.ELvmnix #1 Thu Jul 26 13:26:41 PDT  
>> 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> All this tells you is that your service console is running Linux; The
> actual vmkernel is VMware's own concoction, although I have no idea if
> it's originally based on something else.

Based on BSD? Well, that would be nice.
Imho, what i found out, vmkernel is based von SimOS and DISCO.