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VMware to Make Server Product Free (as in beer)

Posted by Zonk on from the i-do-enjoy-a-good-free-server-product dept.

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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  1. Mmm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So where can I find this free beer everyone keeps talking about?

  2. Sublime server names by digitaldc · · Score: 1, Funny

    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...Intel Virtualization Technology--code-named Vanderpool and now emerging in server processors--accelerates some operations and makes it possible to run Windows on Xen without modifications to Windows that otherwise would be necessary.

    I'm interested how the Intel Virtualization Technology will run on the up and coming SEX server.

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  3. Speculation by Simon+(S2) · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is all news.com.com.com.com speculation. In TFA they state: "VMware may gain two advantages from the move..." blablabla "VMware didn't immediately respond to requests for comment."
    So the title "VMware to Make Server Product Free (as in beer)" is misleading at best.

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  4. Related Stories? by gmf · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is it with this "Related Stories" thing? Is that new, or why did I never notice it before?

    And most importantly: Will it also list the dupes? :)

  5. Re:Why Not Use Patents? by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 3, Funny

    VMWare is not in a good position to use patents to protect their IP.

    The reason being that they actually have a product. This means they can be countersued for things like using a drop down menu, displaying a rectangle on a screen, ingenious stuff like that.