On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:51:50 +1300 Roger Searle wrote: > 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
I am puzzled by vmware-server. I use vmware workstation at home, and the concept is simple, it allows me to run a virtual system in which I can install any x86 os I like. So what does server do? How is it different to workstation? will server allow you to do what i describe above? Or are there restrictions? Is it more or less powerful than workstation? Will it let you run a gui, or is it just useful in a server situation, eg to run microsoft's exchange server on the same hardware as your linux/apache web server. Why would someone pay for workstation if server is free? I don't get it, but hopefully someone else here has got past the marketing droid speak on the vmware site and can enlighten me. Cheers. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
