Re: VirtualBox or VMware?
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David Christensen wrote:
> Ken Heard wrote:
>
>> I would appreciate opinions on the relative advantages/disadvantages
>> of these two apps.
>
> I've been using VMware products for years, primarily to host
> development environments on Windows desktops.
> It's easy to use, robust, and
> efficient enough for my needs. VMware is up front with their
> licensing; they make commercial products and offer free trial versions
> for evaluation and home use. There are numerous community-developed
> VM's available for the price of a download. In return, I have my
> clients buy licenses when I need VMware products on a project. I
> haven't done it yet, but VMware's claim to host the same VM in
> development, test, and production environments is *very* appealing.
> (I've always had to deal with differing environments, and it can be
> nightmare.)
>
> I've looked at VirtualBox and passed it up -- Sun does not offer
> binaries for their OSS version,
No, but there are binaries for most distributions in their respective
repositories, including debian.
> they are not up front with their
> licenses (searching for 'license' did not find any links on the
> download or FAQ pages), registration is required for some parts but
> not others, etc.. It strikes me as yet another commercial product
> with a disingenuous OSS sales pitch.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ . Took me 5 seconds to find
using the "docs" links in the menu on the left side.
> Xen looks like a true OSS project aimed at Linux on Linux. I'd like
> to try some day.
>
> What are you trying to accomplish?
>
> HTH,
>
> David
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