Vmware 5.5 on FreeBSD: Bounty sponsored and formalized by rsync.net

rsync.net is pleased to announce Code Bounties for 2007:

ht
tp://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/2007cb.html

Two of the five bounties are for FreeBSD related projects. 
Please take
note of the "Vmware 5.5 on FreeBSD" bounty - we
encourage you to
contribute.

We are optimistic that once the bounty exceeds a few
thousand dollars
someone will indeed take on this project.  Further, we are
soliciting help
(and funds) from vmware themselves.

As always, thank you (the community) for all of your work
and support.

--rsync.net
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, rsync.net wrote:

> rsync.net is pleased to announce Code Bounties for
2007:
>
> ht
tp://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/2007cb.html
>
> Two of the five bounties are for FreeBSD related
projects.  Please take
> note of the "Vmware 5.5 on FreeBSD" bounty -
we encourage you to
> contribute.

I'm curious: assuming 'VMware 5.5' refers to VMware
Workstation 5.5, why 
did you choose that over VMware Server 1.0.2, the no-cost
product?  I 
don't believe VMware Workstation has any features over
VMware Server, and 
VMware Convertor can copy VMs between versions (if there is
a 
even a difference in format at all) if you needed to move
machines from 
previous setups.

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Matt,

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Matt Piechota wrote:

> > rsync.net is pleased to announce Code Bounties for
2007:
> >
> > ht
tp://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/2007cb.html
> >
> > Two of the five bounties are for FreeBSD related
projects.  Please take
> > note of the "Vmware 5.5 on FreeBSD"
bounty - we encourage you to
> > contribute.
>
> I'm curious: assuming 'VMware 5.5' refers to VMware
Workstation 5.5, why
> did you choose that over VMware Server 1.0.2, the
no-cost product?  I
> don't believe VMware Workstation has any features over
VMware Server, and
> VMware Convertor can copy VMs between versions (if
there is a
> even a difference in format at all) if you needed to
move machines from
> previous setups.


Vmware workstation has more features and capabilities, and
is better
suited to application development, etc.  I don't believe you
can do things
like create state snapshots in server.

I like this quote:

"VMware Workstation is better for software testing,
VMware Server is the
choice for actually doing real work."

(from http://kontrawize.blogs.com/kontrawize/2006/0
3/vmware_server_v.html)

If you're already using FreeBSD for actual server use, I
think jail is a
good choice for segmenting servers.  For me personally, and
for rsync.net,
what we really need is the ability to rapidly test and
verify Windows (and
Linux) GUI applications.  Also, the upcoming 3d
virtualization from vmware
workstation will be quite nice...
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 06:38:33AM -0700, rsync.net wrote:
> 
> Matt,
> 
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Matt Piechota wrote:
> 
> > > rsync.net is pleased to announce Code
Bounties for 2007:
> > >
> > > ht
tp://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/2007cb.html
> > >
> > > Two of the five bounties are for FreeBSD
related projects.  Please take
> > > note of the "Vmware 5.5 on FreeBSD"
bounty - we encourage you to
> > > contribute.
> >
> > I'm curious: assuming 'VMware 5.5' refers to
VMware Workstation 5.5, why
> > did you choose that over VMware Server 1.0.2, the
no-cost product?  I
> > don't believe VMware Workstation has any features
over VMware Server, and
> > VMware Convertor can copy VMs between versions (if
there is a
> > even a difference in format at all) if you needed
to move machines from
> > previous setups.


This question came up on emulation, where someone was
willing to offer a
bounty and a few more of us liked the idea.  Like Matt, I
said that I
would prefer vmware-server as it's free.  However, the
gentleman who
originally posted the bounty agreed with the comments that I
ruthlessly
snipped, that there are apparently several advantages to
workstation.
(For myself, like Matt, vmware-server would be more than
adequate--my
only hope would be that perhaps, if you folks were able to
port
workstation you could throw server in--maybe it's only a bit
more
effort.)



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