[NTLUG:Discuss] Difference between VMPlayer and the new free VMWare Server

[Leroy Tennison]

Jay Urish wrote:
> lonny.dahl at verizon.com wrote:
>> I guess I don't have a clue about the differences between the 
>> VMPlayer and
>> the new VMWare Server that's being offered.  I checked the VMWare 
>> website
>> and saw the comparisons between the two and see a few feature 
>> differences,
>> but what's the difference, really?
>>
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> You can't make a VM with the player.. You can only "play" them :)
>
> GSX server is a master host for virtual machines...
>
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>> Maybe I have a fundamental misunderstanding about what VMPlayer actually
>> does.  I've never installed anything VMWare-wise, so I don't know 
>> what the
>> difference is between the old VMWare and the newer VMWare Player.  As I
>> understood the old VMWare software, it set up virtual machines you could
>> then install a guest OS on...as in Linux (host) with a Weenderz guest
>> system running in a virtual machine.  How is VMWare Player different?  I
>> think the website is confusing me a bit.  Quoting "VMware Player lets 
>> you
>> evaluate new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines, 
>> without
>> any installation or configuration hassles. You can also share existing
>> virtual machines with colleagues or friends—just use VMware Player to 
>> run
>> any virtual machine."  Just reading that, it looks like it's not 
>> necessary
>> to install the OS...just run the apps in the virtual machine.  Am I
>> misunderstanding this?  Or is it still necessary to install VMWare 
>> Player,
>> then a guest OS, then the apps you want to run in the virtual machine?
>>
>> Discombobulated in Dallas,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
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OK, what's there to play?  Does VMPlayer come with a preconfigured set 
of VMs?  If so, whose OS?  If Windows then how is licensing handled?  I 
think you opened a can of worms ...