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Kevin writes: |
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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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> 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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According to an article I just read in the german computer magazine |
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c't (1/2006, I'm a little behind), VMware knows well about this and |
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tolerates private users getting more out of VMware player this way. |
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Even after the 30-day trial time, the demo version still allows |
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creation of VMs. VMware states that this is not really covered by the |
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license agreement, but they will not take legal acts against. Their |
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plan might be to get more users of VMware, and they think that |
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commertial users will pay the price. |
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There are even sites that create VMs intended to run in the player, |
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like <http://www.consolevision.com/members/dcgrendel/vmxform.html> or |
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on <http://petruska.stardock.net/software/VMware/index.html>. |
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Alex |
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