You can get the Betas for free. And they work fine.
Drew Northup wrote:
> Forty bucks!! Ouch!! Better than the price of VMware though!!! I like our
> project better!!!!
>
> Drew Northup, N1XIM
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > Of David B.Harris
> > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 4:00 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: plex86 video proposal
> >
> >
> > To quote James Hollingshead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > # On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 09:18:53PM -0500, Kenneth C. Arnold wrote:
> > # >
> > # > Speaking of VMWare, has anyone realized that all the kernel-level code
> > # > for VMWare is (and has to be) open-source?
> > #
> > # I don't think it is you know. Their kernel code is all in a module,
> > # and Linux has stated he doesn't consider modules to be part of the
> > # kernel as far as the GPL goes (this being in order to allow binary
> > # modules). This also applies for the vmware modules. Their source code
> > # is availiable so they can compile on different kernels, but it has an
> > # "All Rights Reserved" copyright notice at the top of each file, and I
> > # assume is therefore under the same license as the rest of their
> > # product.
> >
> > If that's the case, you might want to take a look at Win4Lin,
> http://www.trelos.com . They're doing what plex86 is doing, and I'd suggest
> Win4Lin over VMWare for most people any day. They need a kernel patch, and
> it's open.
>
> Dave
