On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 08:54:48PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt said: > Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > > On 4/23/07, Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 at duke.edu> wrote: > > >The 2nd hit when you google for "vmware". > > > > > >http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ > > > > > Oh. (Duh) > > > > Does anyone have a comparison between VMWare Player and VMWare Server, > > I think vmware does. To a degree... The big different is that vmware player is a client desktop virtualization product, and Server is, well, a Server side virtualization tool.. On VMWare's site, they don't compete At All, so are not compared to each other. > > or does the former replace the latter? > > No, they are completely different products. The player is there to play > prebuilt VMs. The Server is there to act as a virtualiziation solution > for SOHOs or for development. > > > I looked at the sites but saw nothing to clarify this (and may have > > missed in in my haste...). > > Then don't haste. Quite!