On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Benjamin Franz <jfranz at 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.