VMWare work station is now free for personal use as is the Mac Fusion product. This on Windows is the full work station product, not the restricted Player. In my experience, if you didn’t make changes to your VMWare account as of I think May 16, you are better off making a new account. I know I received email saying I had to take action or my VMWare account would stop working.
> On May 26, 2024, at 4:25 PM, Doug Lee <d...@dlee.org> wrote: > > I believe VMware Player for Windows is free but has limitations. VMware > Workstation for Windows is not free. > This discussion started because VMware Fusion for Mac is now free with > limitations, like VMware Player for > Windows, if I understood everything correctly. > > On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 10:41:20PM +0200, Nebojsa Tasic wrote: > Is VMWare Workstation accessible? Is it for free? > > > On 5/26/2024 3:25 PM, Doug Lee wrote: >> Interesting that they wanted action so fast, and also that I did not receive >> any such email as a VMWare Workstation >> user. I actually opened my VMware account by purchasing Fusion many years >> ago. Though the website article describing >> this move to subscription models does not mention Workstation, I wonder if >> this will eventually affect me also. >> >> On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 07:44:41AM -0400, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> Yes, Broadcom bought VMware. They sent an email in April requiring >> existing accounts to take action by early May. >> >> I simply registered anew. The form is a bit fussy, but it does work. >> >> Janina >> >> 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries writes: >>> Did Broad.com take over VMware? If so, did they keep user accounts? >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>> "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." >>> -Helen Keller >>> My e-Mail: >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> On 5/25/2024 11:04 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>>> Dear All: >>>> >>>> Broadcom has recently announced that personal use of VMware Fusion will >>>> henceforth be free of charge. The instructions for getting a free copy >>>> seem a bit contorted, but they were never all that easy from VMware easy >>>> in my experience! >>>> >>>> The following link details how to get a copy for personal use and also >>>> points to the announcement from Broadcom: >>>> >>>> https://www.mikeroysoft.com/post/download-fusion-ws/ >>>> >>>> I plan to get Fusion on my laptop in the next week or so, so I'll follow >>>> up here with any observations based on my experience. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Janina > > > -- > Doug Lee d...@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org > Time is the friend of one who is true, and the enemy of one who isn't. > (02/05/2010) > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/20240526212542.eijaoa5tar6tvfdg%40dlee.org. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/D8B2FEFB-E96D-496B-9F15-2A358E390B5D%40gmail.com.
