1 Nov
2004
1 Nov
'04
10:37 a.m.
Brent Frère wrote:
I used VMWare on RedHat and SuSE up to and including
to kernel 2.4. The
product is indeed very well working, and indeed quite expensive. Since
then, I just switched completely to Linux native applications, so I
don't use any Microsoft product since years. No recent experience from
me so.
I sure want to use it for Windows, like running my specific Palm apps
which only have a Windows conduit or the like. But I also want to use it
to test other Linux or BSD "distros", the upcoming Slackware release, or
whatever.
I might consider using it again to test
interoperability between Samba
3.0 and Active Directory without having to purchase a dedicated
computer... But 189 USD is close to a dedicated computer... (you have to
pay for the licence in both cases...)
IMO the main advantage is that it's quicker (to start and switch) than a
dedicated computer, no hassle with hardware drivers, and, disk
permitting, you can have several configs in parallel.
And... my girlfriend will not kill me for having several VMs, but
certainly for buying a few new computers ;-)
-pu