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VMWare releases open source client under GPL

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40hz:
You do have to buy the vmware view, and you have to run linux, because this client isn't for windows
-nite_monkey (February 05, 2009, 09:02 AM)
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OK. I'm with Mouser. Now I don't get it either.

mwb1100:
I'm not sure, but from my brief reading of the press release and the VMware View page, it seems that VMware View is a product that lets a company easily deploy virtual desktop machines to a server farm running in a central data center.

The client is something like a Citrix ICA client, an RDP client or a VNC client that lets you connect to one of the virtual desktops.  This GPL client is for the Linux platform.

That's what it seems like to me.

Ehtyar:
VMware View Open Client lets you connect from a Linux desktop to remote Windows desktops managed by VMware View. It is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 (LGPL v 2.1).
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I got that from the google code page where you download the client. You do have to buy the vmware view, and you have to run linux, because this client isn't for windows
-nite_monkey (February 05, 2009, 09:02 AM)
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That was my understanding also.

This product does not seem to be in competition with VirtualBox or VirtualPC in even a round-about way. I smell media hype...and some warping of the definition of "open source".

Ehtyar.

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