[NTLUG:Discuss] The insanely cool VMware Player

[Burton Strauss]

I have legal licenses for both VMware Workstation and MS VPC 2004.  But
given the choice between renewing the action pack for another year ($250 for
10 VPC licenses) or going with 1 Workstation + Players, it's a no-brainer.
Especially w 5.5 able to run VPC machines.

Still, that's not what I think they are up to.  I think they're preparing to
de-emphasize VMware WORKSTATION.  It will continue as an important product,
but they're not focused on the $129 license revenue, rather the $50/year
upgrade market.  And even so it will be second tier...

The GSX/ESX product is what you need for deployment + combine that with a
blade server and you can roll-out power in whatever increment you need -
from fractional to multiple CPU chunks.  This is EXCACTLY the path big iron
walked with LPARs and VM/370.

So how do you get people comfortable developing for the uniform model?  Make
a low-end product available.  i.e. VMware Workstation.  But what would you
rather focus on selling?  A few 100 $129 products or one $100K+...

So the bundle to get those developers writing code that needs that $100K
sale?  It's one license of Workstation + as many players as you need per
department.  Plus enterprise quality support contracts for that workstation
license...

If you remember back in the day when Borland mattered - their licenses
allowed you to install the product (say Quattro Pro) on the work machine AND
at home.  Drove a lot of adoption prior to the suite explosion...


-----Burton




-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
Of Chris Cox
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:50 AM
To: NTLUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] The insanely cool VMware Player

Robert Pearson wrote:
> The insanely cool VMware Player

One has to wonder what VMware is thinking though.  I realize that Xen, once
the changes in the CPUs are well deployed, will make VMware less attractive,
but I know that in 90% of the cases were we use VMware (and that's like 600+
seats), the FREE VMplayer will satisfy our needs.

I think VMware is making a huge business mistake... unless they're giving up
and just trying to scorch the earth a bit.

Obviously doesn't touch thier ESX flagship... but still...

I'm looking forward to the future of Xen... just not sure what this VMware
move was supposed to accomplish.

_______________________________________________
https://ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss