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On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, Derek Fountain wrote about Re: [SLE] SuSE 7 Deluxe now vmware talk::
> > I would love to be able to run VMware on my box.  I was extremely impressed
> > with the 30 days use I had of it.  But to buy it for $300?  There's no way I
> > can justify that to myself  (or my wife).  It's just too expensive.  It's *at
> > least* the equivalent of a new mobo + chip + mem and it would mean that I
> > wouldn't be able to buy each new ver of SuSE as it comes out nor would I be
> > able to keep adding to my library of linux books as I can now.
> 
> Vmware for home (hobbist) use is 99USD. That's about 66GBP
> at current exchange rates. In the snippet quoted below you
> say you'd buy it for that!

Hmmn. I wouldn't have to sneak it into the house and install it when she wasn't
loking either.

:-)

I'm sold.
> 
> > Perhaps if SuSE could possibly do a deal along the lines of reg'd SuSE users
> > get it at $100 (even that's a bit steep but I'd be willing to bite the bullet
> > and save up for it).  I should imagine too that that it wouldn't cost a lot to
> > advertise this either.  The L. Journal, L. Gazette  et al would certainly
> > splash this around.
> > 
> > What do you think Michael?  Would your marketting people go for a suggestion
> > like that?  But, more importantly, are they cheeky enough to approach
> > VMware?
> 
> SuSE and Vmware clearly have a relationship of some sort.
> You can buy Vmware with SuSE on a preinstalled VM if you
> want it. Have you checked the vmware web site recently?

Not since June, I think.

Thanks for the info, Derek.

Cheers,

> 
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