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On 5/20/06, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that means |
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> in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. Opinions |
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> welcome. Flames somewhat less so. |
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> I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging |
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> Win4Lin. It seems to work (thanks to folks on this list). But I notice |
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> that now that I've created my VMs, I may not need workstation any |
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> more. I could do very well with the player, which is free. |
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> I'm using VMware to virtualize my old Win98 that used to run on |
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> a predecessor of the current host. On this, I run Quicken and I may |
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> decide to run some games as well. |
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> I'd just go ahead and buy Workstation except for the ~$200.-- price tag. |
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> But somehow it seems more like a $50.00 item for what I'm doing |
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> with it. I just feel a bit cheap using and ditching a trial version, since |
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> I'm definitely getting a benefit from it I could not have gotten otherwise |
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> (unless I could prevail on someone else to build the VM for me). |
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> On that point, what are the ethics of building VMs for others? |
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> What does VMware say about this? |
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> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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Hi Kevin, |
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VMware configurations and disks can be created manually |
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Windows XP: |
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http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2005/10/26/vmware-player-windows-xp.html |
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Linux: |
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http://www.linuxforums.org/applications/using_vmware_player_to_test_linux_distributions.html |
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Even, you can create online version of you VMX file, with VM Builder: |
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http://www.consolevision.com/members/dcgrendel/vmxform.html |
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And then create the disk with qemu-create. |
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Or download empty images and then start the installation in VMware Player: |
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http://www.ffnn.nl/pages/articles/linux/vmware-player-image-creation.php |
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Well, then. If you want to create your own Images, besides all the |
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information above, you *still* can download at no charge, VMware |
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Server and create in the server environment your own VMware images, |
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that can be opened with VMware Player. |
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For me, VMware as a company, is opening for real the virtualization |
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for home and students users. (and testing in office environments) The |
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real business now is in other areas of Virtualization, as VMware ESX |
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Server, and server consolidation. |
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BTW, Microsoft and Virtual PC are free now too...but that's a |
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different story. :) |
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regards |
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Andres |
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