I understand it's a problem if there are vulnerabilities in the desktop virtualization products. However, I am not sure how many organizations are relying on the desktop products for secure and isolated computing. Enterprises depend upon VMWare's ESX Server and the Virtual Infrastructure products to perform large scale production consolidation where security is a huge factor. In my experience, VMWare Workstation, Server and Player are used as development platforms, where isolation is not as important.
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I understand it's a problem if there are vulnerabilities in the desktop virtualization products. However, I am not sure how many organizations are relying on the desktop products for secure and isolated computing. Enterprises depend upon VMWare's ESX Server and the Virtual Infrastructure products to perform large scale production consolidation where security is a huge factor. In my experience, VMWare Workstation, Server and Player are used as development platforms, where isolation is not as important.