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Date:      Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:49:38 +0100 
From:      Nigel Parkes <nparkes@iol.ie>
To:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: VMWare
Message-ID:  <FEEEA6918DDDD1118B8200805F0D0918015D6059@ntserver1.earlsfort.iol.ie>

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I Sent a mail to vmware yesterday evening(about 5pm GMT) and i got a reply
about 4 hours later saying:

Hi Nigel,

We've received a number of requests to make a 'VMware for FreeBSD' product.
We
are looking into doing such a project but have no plans to develop this
product
at this time.

Mehrdad Amir,
VMware, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Clendaniel [mailto:clendaniel@conectiv.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 2:46 PM
To: Sune Stjerneby
Cc: morrows@dmtconsulting.com; questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: VMWare


On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Sune Stjerneby wrote:
> > I just saw pretty cool app, even if it is kinda expensive, VMWare.  I
was
> > wondering if anybody out there has gotten it to compile on FreeBSD.
FreeBSD
> > isn't a supported platform for it, Linux is however.  I'm gonna give it
a
> > shot anyway and see what happens.  You can check it out at...
> > http://www.vmware.com
> 
> It's not being distributed in source form, and the Linux binaries depend
> on OS-specific kernel modules.

yeah...I've tried to get it to run under linux emulation but I didn't get 
it (didn't spend too much time on it).  I have had it running on my L*nux 
box since they released the beta version and have come to love it...I 
just bought a license for it.  I've written multiple letters to them 
about making a FreeBSD port but have yet to receive a response.  If you 
check their FAQ it says that they have no plans to port...if enough 
people say something, though, I bet they would.

I guess I'll have to stick with VNC on my FreeBSD box...I'll just keep 
that old P120 under the desk for Winblows...

--Ian

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