> Some but not all. If you buy a Dell 2950 quad and load it up with 8
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> Gig. You can spend 0 on an ESX 3i license and run  10 - 15 512 MB
> OpenBSD single processor VMs.  The difference here is that you can
> max out the duty cycle on the box where as a single OS running on the
> same Iron won't do that.  For ESX it's designed for you to max out
> the hardware

I think you're off on price by almost an order of magnitude (ESX runs 
about $3k per CPU socket, iirc).
I don't disagree with your point, though; virtualizing under-utilized 
hardware can save you money and electricity.

--Matt