http://gigaom.com/2009/02/03/vmware-acknowledges-threats-releases-open-source-virtualization-app/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2009/02/03/vmware-acknowledges-threats-releases-open-source-virtualization-app/#comment-159787 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:05:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37761#comment-159787 Yeah, a free and open client that runs against a proprietary server is hardly a huge play. A much bigger offering recently was VMWare’s ESXi server becoming free (though not open technically speaking) – now any organization can build a complete virtual replica of their every server, switch and network operational environment. This is enormous for provable, real disaster recovery and complex testing.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2009/02/03/vmware-acknowledges-threats-releases-open-source-virtualization-app/#comment-159786 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:00:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37761#comment-159786 How does this acknowledge the free offerings when you still have to pay $150-250 per concurrent desktop for VMWare View? The software they’re offering is only the remote client, it doesn’t do any virtualization itself. They’re just making it easier for 3rd parties to manufacture VMWare devices that connect to a centralized “desktop server”, much like Sun did with their Sun Ray several years ago.

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