OT - Closing Off An Open-Source Product

[Carlos Ribeiro]

At 07:32 12/04/01 -0500, you wrote:
>It'd be OK if VMWare was only free.

Funny. You don't mind paying to have Windows for your family to work with, 
but don't want to pay some bucks for a software that may make you able to 
use Linux and Windows in a stable configuration at home. It's even better - 
it allows you to keep completely different PC configurations for every 
member of your family and then some extra for your work.

I have other gripes with VMware, at least for the version I have tested 
some months ago. I think it's way too heavy for my particular PC today. 
Some hardware are not supported natively, which affects mostly 3D games. It 
may make use a little bit more difficult for other users - not much, in 
fact. It's a little bit expensive for personal use. However, I'm just 
upgrading my PC, and the first thing that I'll will do is install VMWare on 
it. I think that the advantages are enough.

p.s. there are alternatives, which I dont remember the name right now. 
VMware is not alone. If you want to run only Windows as the second system, 
there are faster (and less expensive) alternatives.


Carlos Ribeiro