Hi Daniel,
yes i know it not FOSS. However I think that he wanted something simple
to manage with FOSS as preferred.
However you are incorrect about the "and only available on Windows with
the dot-net platform". I said that it runs on bare metal.
That means that it erases everything on the HDD and installs itself.
Then you can run Linux and/or Windows hosts. You certainly don't need
windows and dot net.
It is not ESX but ESXi. It is very easy to use and imho at the moment is
very superior to all other virtual solutions out there. Sure one day
that may change. But I don't know anyone who would say that anything is
comparable at the moment for ease of use. And the price is right. $0.
FOSS stands for Free open source software doesn't it? So the only
problem is that it's not open source. But it's free and uses Linux as an
installer.
why not check it out?
Ben
Daniel Pittman wrote:
Ben Donohue <donoh...@icafe.com.au> writes:
Doesn't anyone know that VMware ESX3.5i is now free?
Sure, as in beer. That fails the "FOSS highly desired" bullet point on
the original posters list of features. Point one, in fact.
It's not FOSS but you can get a free license and use it. The management
interface is simple and neat.
...and only available on Windows with the dot-net platform, so can't be
effectively run on Linux as far as I am aware. Certainly a quick google
tells me that this has not substantially changed.
Regards,
Daniel
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