[NTLUG:Discuss] VMware rebate - must register at VMware

[Greg Edwards]

Ralph Green, Jr wrote:
> Howdy,
>   How does there product licensing work?  If I have two machines, say a
> laptop and a desktop running VMware, do I need 2 copies or just one?
>   How often do they come out with these releases that you need to pay
> for.  Once a year or once every two years.  If it is every two years or
> so, that seems reasonable to me.
> Good day,
> Ralph
> 

I've been using VMware since before v1.0 and I've only needed to 
purchase upgrades twice, IIRC.  Upgrades are not the usual annual or 
semi-annual most companys try to force you to do.  In the past when 
they've done an upgrade it comes with significant improvements in the 
performance of the product.

Now that being said, they are under new management so that could change. 
  I hope the new ownership isn't going to change the quality of the 
product or the user retention approach from the past.

License agreement says 1 license per installation.  It's not clear if 
that means 1 per user or 1 per machine.  To get multiple users on a 
single machine you need to give group write access to the vmware 
installed directory.  Caveat, I have not reread the agreement in several 
years.

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