RE: VMWare is Finally Free

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

Hehe... I actually thought that Vmware server was made free because Microsoft's was free already :-)  I guess not... 


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of William Lefkovics
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:37 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] VMWare is Finally Free

FWIW, it is the reason Microsoft also provides their base level
virtualization product for free also:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx

 

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Fergie
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:27 PM
To: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] VMWare is Finally Free

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-- Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote:

> VMware Server has been free for the download for about 8 - 9 months now.

Was the "versioning" of the VMware changed recently regarding individual
licensing v. server, or something?

Never mind. :-)


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BTW [via pgp.mit.edu]:

Public Key Server -- Index ``paul ferguson ''

Type bits /keyID    Date       User ID
pub  1024D/63546533 2006/11/16 Paul Ferguson <paul_ferguson () trendmicro com>
                               Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net>

[snip]

- ferg


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--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet  fergdawg(at)netzero.net  ferg's
tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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