OT - Closing Off An Open-Source Product

[Chris Gonnerman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos Ribeiro" <cribeiro at mail.inet.com.br>
Subject: Re: OT - Closing Off An Open-Source Product


> 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.

Maybe so, but I didn't have a choice on the Windows... I paid for it whether
I wanted it or not.  Same for my office computer which *never* ran Windows.

> 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.

This is the other reason why.  I paid less money to have Windows on the old
P5-120 that I use in my house than I would for the heavier, slower VMWare
environment.  Don't get me wrong, it's cool... but I'm waiting for Wine
to someday be stable (but I'm not holding my breath, it's a long process).