Re: [PLUG] Is anyone running vmware?

[Darian Anthony Patrick <dapatrick@darianpatrick.com>]

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Oh, super.  Thanks for that info.

Flint Heart wrote:
> This is from the VMware Server Beta FAQs
> 
> 2. Q: Will VMware Server still be free when it is generally available?
> A: Yes, VMware Server will be a free product. There will not be any charge
> for licenses to VMware Server when it becomes generally available.
> 
> Its out there as a hook to big companies for their ESX server Product
> 
> With m$ getting in the virtualization market and new cpus supporting
> hardware virtualization that lets xen use windows in domains.  They want to
> have something out there to capture marketshare.
> 
> N-Tropy
> 
> On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 02:18:07PM -0400, Darian Anthony Patrick wrote:
> I'm running this: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
> 
> It's free, at least for a little while.  My install is showing an
> expiration of 07/13/2006.  I'm not sure what will happen at that point,
> as I couldn't find (though didn't look very hard) any information on
> their website about this being a trial-only version.
> 
> I was just looking for a way to put off paying for Workstation for a few
> months to free up some cash.  Apparently Server is just like
> Workstation, but with a few extra niceties thrown in.
> 
> Marc Zucchelli wrote:
>>>> I heard there is now a free version.  I went on the
>>>> site and it looks like vmware player is the only free
>>>> product.  It says it can run any virtual machine
>>>> created by the vmware workstation, etc.  Would this
>>>> mean that I'd have to purchase the vmware workstation
>>>> anyway, and if I had that, why would I need the
>>>> player.
>>>>
>>>> There are 2 or 3 windows programs that I need for my
>>>> business, and I hate booting out of linux and into
>>>> windows, it wastes so much time.  My options are to
>>>> buy another box, or to start running vmware.
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have any experience with this?
>>>>
>>>>
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