Skip to Content

Free TUAW iPhone app -- try it now!
AOL Tech

Filed under: Developer, Windows, Linux, Freeware

VMware's GSX Server to go freeware

VMwareAccording to CNet, VMware has announced that it's going to start giving away its GSX Server product for free. GSW Server, which currently starts at $1,400, is "enterprise-class virtual infrastructure for departmental server consolidation and streamlining development and testing operations," which without the buzzwords means it will let you run lots of operating systems simultaneously on not a lot of hardware for a lot of users. (Take a look at VMware's GSX Server FAQ for more specifics.) VMware is making GSX Server free in hopes that free users will get hooked and upgrade to the even-higher-end ESX Server. Their consumer-grade product VMware Workstation, however, will not be experiencing a price change of its own.
jobs & resumes
Lead Blogger

AOL Find a Job - New York, NY (4 weeks ago)

See More Relevant Jobs ›

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

Featured Time Waster

The World's Hardest Game 2.0 - Time Waster

So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

View more Time Wasters

Featured Galleries

Defective by Design, London: Protest Pictures
Microsoft Security Essentials
Chromium Pre-Alpha on CrunchBang Linux
Safari 4 Beta
10 Firefox themes that don't suck
IE8 RC1
Download Squad at the Crunchies After-Party
Download Squad at the Crunchies
WordPress 2.7
Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals
Windows 7 Hands On
Comodo Internet Security
Android First-look: Amazon.com MP3 Store
Android First-look: Twitroid
Google Reader Android
Android Hands-On
Twine 1.0
Photoshop Express Beta
Mozilla Birthday Cake
Palm stuff
Adobe Lightroom 1.1

 


Follow us on Twitter!

Flickr Pool

www.flickr.com

More Tech Coverage

AOL Radio