Microsoft recently announced Virtual Server R2, with a license fee of $99. Now VMWare is set to do even better. Next week VMWare is set to announce the beta of VMWare Server, a free product in the VMWare GSX server range.
VMware, an EMC subsidiary whose software lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer, is expected to announce next week that it will begin giving away one of its key products for free, CNET News.com has learned.
Source: news.com
With the recent free VMWare Player release, and now a free server product it seems like VMWare is really gearing up in the virtualization race. Microsoft currently offers the Virtual Server Migration Toolkit (VSMT) free of charge. VMST is a tool to convert a physical server to a virtual one, and run it in Virtual Server. I guess it's only a matter of time before VMware P2V Assistant is also available free of charge?
In any case, a free virtualization server from VMWare is excellent news and coupled with the free VMWare Player it looks like a really hot combination. You can now create virtual machines and bring them with you nearly wherever you go.
The only real question is, when will someone make a Virtual Machine setup that runs off GMail? ;-)
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VMTN Blog, on May 20, 2006 at 3:18am, said:
- product innovations, price competitiveness and pervasive partnering. Graham Chastney Giving people GSX server would keep the virtual machines in VMWare format throughout the development cycle and make the final move to ESX that bit easier.Christian Mohn In any case, a free virtualization server from VMWare is excellent news and coupled with the free VMWare Player it looks like a really hot combination. You can now create virtual machines and bring them with you nearly wherever you go.
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