VMware to Make Server Product Free (as in beer)

yahyamf writes "CNET News.com is reporting that in the face of increasing competition in the OS virtualization market VMWare is going to give away its GSX server product for free, in the hope that customers who try it will eventually migrate to the more powerful ESX server. The company recently released a free VMWare Player which could only run but not create virtual machines. The company faces competition from rival products such as SWsoft's Virtuozzo, Mircrosoft's Virtual Server, as well as open source software like Xen"

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Re:Intel VT

[Slashcrap]

I would have thought the most scary thing facing VMware is Intel Virtualisation Technology - it makes what was previously very hard fairly simple. It also doesn't require the guest OSes to be hacked, ala Xen.

Oh wow. You actually believe that having Vanderpool means you won't need something like VMWare.

Well this will blow your mind - the latest VMWare has Vanderpool support. It doesn't make a great deal of difference by all accounts. Why would VMWare have Vanderpool support if Vanderpool makes VMWare obsolete. Doesn't make much sense does it?

I think you may be suffering from a hype overdose. I suggest you check in to your local ER for a stomach pump. Alternatively try being a little more cynical in future.

Re:hey don't leave out qemu

[base3]

It'll let you assign an arbitrary MAC address. VMware won't. Thus, VMware is inferior in that regard. Why do proprietary fanatics think they need to be apologists for commercial software?