http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/server_beta.html

Better link :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2006 10:52 a.m.
To: CLUG
Subject: vmware server now zero dollars


vmware have responded to the potential market for virtualisation 
environments and the competition from virtual pc by lowering the price 
of vmware server to zero! (Note - currently beta).  Available for 
windows (140MB) and linux (101MB) [1]

This is incredibly cool, for me this significantly reduces barriers to 
running $FAVEDISTRO at work - often  there are packages I need to use 
regularly that are windows only.  For others, it may make the idea of 
playing around with $DISTRO for the first time more appealing, while 
continuing to run windows.  Perhaps this will be a good alternative to 
qemu? (run faster? easier?)

My downloads will begin when I go home for the day and I'll play when I 
can . . .  My new computer I'm about to build for work will get an extra 
gig of RAM now I think!

[1] http://www.vmware.com/programs/ProgramCustomerProfile.do

cheers,
Roger


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