I have been using vmware for quite a while and found it to be really flexible and worth the moolah. Why don't you download the eval and try it out for yourself. Does anyone know a open-source alternative? Also, can anyone give me names of open source vulnerability assessment softwares like nessus?
Regards, Akshay -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rishabh Manocha Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:47 AM To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list Subject: Re: [ilugd] Mentor Required well i dont know about you...but i think that having a saperate station is much better than vmware..besides....do u really think it deserves 20k...just like do u really think XP deserves whatever it costs....they just skyrocket their prices 'cause they know they do not have a competing product.besides i did not say you have to patch it...it was only a personal opinion of what i would do if i ever felt the need to install vmware since i am seriously not the kinda guy who will shell out that kind of money for a peice of software(and i sincerely hope these mailing lists are not monitored...by people who would not take these comments politely...:)). Rishabh On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > Rishabh Manocha wrote: > > well...it isn't fair that they charge us those huge amounts of money > > either.... > > That is a seriously wrong attitude to take. They are not forcing you to > buy their work,... rather by providing their evaluation versions they > are actually helping you to make an informed decision. > > They are charging you for the benefits that they feel they bring you, > and most of their customers are more than willing to pay the price. > > From the point of view of the customers business, the money that they > charge is more than made up from the benfits of the software. > > I heard that the VMWare workstation costs about 20k .. how much does a > separate machine cost you? > > - Sandip > > > -- > Sandip Bhattacharya http://www.sandipb.net > sandip at puroga.com > Puroga Technologies Pvt. Ltd. > http://www.puroga.com > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
