On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Benjamin Franz jfranz@freerun.com wrote:
Les Mikesell wrote:
Does anyone else think it is extremely strange that Red Hat introduced an incompatible base library change late in the life of their enterprise OS? Or that VMware hasn't followed with a matching change in subsequent updates? I don't get it
VMware appears to be intentionally slow-motion killing their VMware Server product in favor of ESX/ESXi. They declined to publish needed security updates for Server in the latest round and if you check the lifecycle support web page they say "VMware Server was declared End Of Availability on January 2010. Support will be limited to Technical Guidance for the duration of the support term." They also are not offering support contracts for it as far as I can see.
I wouldn't count on any meaningful updates for it.
-- Benjamin Franz
According to the VMware support page (http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle/general/), for VMware Server 2.0 the end of General Support is 2011/06/30.
I agree that they are exceedingly slow on updates, but it'll still be around for a while. I'm sure a new version will then come out, as they still have to compete with other free offerings, and it's a nice entry-level solution where people will eventually upgrade to a paid version.