Re: VMWare

[Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@uerj.br>]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 10:42:33AM -0500, dman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 09:25:16AM -0500, Mike Phillips wrote:
> | > 
> | > I would like to know if anyone in this list is using VMWare Workstation in 
> | > order to run flavours of Windows with Debian GNU Linux as the host machine.
> |
> | This is my normal mode of operation at work. Running unstable, and
> | Win98 under VMWare. Works like a charm, very rarely the machine will
> | lock up, but this is usually when I'm moving the focus in and out of
> | vmware too quickly. 

<snip>

> Is anyone willing to share the downsides/limitations as well?  I've
> heard a lot of positive comments on this list (including Martin using
> VMWare to fool some users into thinking they have a windows system),
> but I know there must be another side to it.
> 
> 
> How much does it cost?
> 
> What are the restrictions?  (Can I have 1 copy of VMWare on a big
> machine and use it by a bunch of diskless X terms?)
> 

<snip>


Here follows the email I received from the VMWare folks. The links are plenty 
of information.

Cheers,

Marcelo

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Please see these links for the system requirments and lists of what VMware
supports.
Please note the differences between our current 2.0.4 version and our 3.0
Beta version:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws2/doc/sysreqs_ws_linux.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws2/doc/guest_winme_ts_ws_linux.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws3/doc/intro_sysreqs_ws.html#998970
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws3/doc/ws30_intro4.html#1001621

If you are a student or part of a non-profit academic institution, you are
eligible for the academic pricing of the VMware (TM) Workstation product of
$119 for the electronic version (you download the software and we email the
license file/s) or $139 (plus shipping) for the packaged version (physical
CD shipped).

To be eligible for the academic Workstation pricing, you must have a   
university email address or show proof that you will be making an Academic
purchase (i.e. using a University Purchase Order).

If you qualify and would like to place an order, please fax (650-475-5001)
over the information below for processing:

*end user's name and email address
*bill to and ship to address
*qty and type of license(s)
*distribution preference (electronic or shipped)
*credit card information or purchase order
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Marcelo Chiapparini
DFT-IF/UERJ
chiappa@uerj.br