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VMWare Inc. Releases Free Virtual Machine Runtime

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the just-like-the-real-thing dept.

rfinnvik writes "VMWare Inc. has released a new free (as in beer) virtual machine runtime called VMware Player. According to VMWare, this free VM runtime makes it possible for anyone to run virtual machines created in their Workstation, GSX or ESX products. It also runs virtual machines created in Microsoft's virtualization products. The runtime is available for both Windows and Linux."

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  1. this does what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not sure what this is supposed to accomplish, but VMware has been godly for a very long time, and it's good to hear more from them :)

    1. Re:this does what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Basically, have you seen how there's a QEMU image of ReactOS, and I'm sure other OSes have QEMU and Bochs images?

      gah?

  2. First virtual post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's not really here...

  3. Soft bigotry of "Inc." suffix? by kma · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry to get all "meta" on this topic right out of the box, but what's with the "Inc." suffix? Does slashdot plan on referring to RedHat as "RedHat Inc.", now? Is there, e.g., a charitable organization named "VMware Outreach for Urban Poverty" with which we are trying to prevent confusion?