Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On 5/20/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 20, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. Opinions welcome. Flames somewhat less so. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread JimD
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: On 5/20/06, *Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC* [EMAIL PROTECTED] I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. Opinions welcome. Flames somewhat less so. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread JimD
JimD wrote: Kevin O'Gorman wrote: Yes, the price is right, but when I tried it I could not make it work. ++ kevin I am using VMware 4.x workstation. The workstation performance is better than the free versions. I use Linux for my main desktop, however I do MS Win C# programming for a

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread Cliff Wells
On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my Mac Mini arrives... I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've got a mini and it's not fast (at least running Linux). Usable for

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread JimD
Cliff Wells wrote: On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my Mac Mini arrives... I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've got a mini and it's not fast (at least

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 21, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Cliff Wells wrote: On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my Mac Mini arrives... I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've got a mini

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sunday 21 May 2006 15:35, JimD wrote: Cliff Wells wrote: On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my Mac Mini arrives... I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 21, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Jerry McBride wrote: On Sunday 21 May 2006 15:35, JimD wrote: Cliff Wells wrote: On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my Mac Mini arrives... I have doubts

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread JimD
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Yes, the mini was upgraded a few months ago. $599 gives you a 1.5ghz Core Solo, 512mb, etc and $799 gives you a 1.66ghz Core Solo, 512mb, That would be the Duo ;) etc. You can go up to 2GB.

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-21 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 21, 2006, at 6:50 PM, JimD wrote: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Yes, the mini was upgraded a few months ago. $599 gives you a 1.5ghz Core Solo, 512mb, etc and $799 gives you a 1.66ghz Core Solo, 512mb, That would be

[gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. Opinions welcome. Flames somewhat less so. I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging Win4Lin. It seems to work (thanks to folks on

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Andres Moore
On 5/20/06, Kevin O'Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. Opinions welcome. Flames somewhat less so. I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 20, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:I like to be one of the good guys.  I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here.  Opinions welcome.  Flames somewhat less so. I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread b.n.
I'd just go ahead and buy Workstation except for the ~$200.-- price tag. But somehow it seems more like a $50.00 item for what I'm doing with it. I just feel a bit cheap using and ditching a trial version, since I'm definitely getting a benefit from it I could not have gotten otherwise (unless

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I'd just go ahead and buy Workstation except for the ~$200.-- price tag. There's also VMware Server, which is available free of charge. Do you need the additional features of VMware Workstation? If not, then just switch to Server. Alexander Skwar -- Do you know the

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
Andres Moore wrote: information above, you *still* can download at no charge, VMware Server and create in the server environment your own VMware images, What do you mean with In the server environment? BTW, Microsoft and Virtual PC are free now too...but that's a different story. :) And

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Alex Schuster
Kevin writes: I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging Win4Lin. It seems to work (thanks to folks on this list). But I notice that now that I've created my VMs, I may not need workstation any more. I could do very well with the player, which is free. [...] On

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use

2006-05-20 Thread Andres Moore
On 5/20/06, Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andres Moore wrote: information above, you *still* can download at no charge, VMware Server and create in the server environment your own VMware images, What do you mean with In the server environment? Well, its was misplaced the server