VMware tax? You must not have gotten the memo. VMware has two totally free products: VMware Server (the next-generation version of GSX Server, now in beta) and VMware Player (which has been released for a while now). Those two products should have all the features the average user needs to create and run VMs.
A Virtual Appliance is just like a regular "appliance", except it's in a virtual machine instead of in a physical machine. Kind of like if you took a regular computing appliance and did a P2V on it.
It turns out that this is all explained pretty clearly in the FAQ:
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VMware tax? You must not have gotten the memo. VMware has two totally free products: VMware Server (the next-generation version of GSX Server, now in beta) and VMware Player (which has been released for a while now). Those two products should have all the features the average user needs to create and run VMs.
Disclaimer: Yes, I do work for VMware.
A Virtual Appliance is just like a regular "appliance", except it's in a virtual machine instead of in a physical machine. Kind of like if you took a regular computing appliance and did a P2V on it.
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It turns out that this is all explained pretty clearly in the FAQ:
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/challenge/f