>> ESXi is free, but usable on one system. ESX is the full-blown version, >> costs, and I *think* comes with the console... which, for some unknown >> reason, is WinDoze *only*. >> >> I believe both can be administered via browser. > > maybe because there are more windows users that Linux and / or Mac OS > X and FreeBSD. > > i have read in [1] and [2] that even RedHat may do the same thing (a > Wind0w$ only console) <snip> Except that VMware is *based* on RHEL. Why would you *not* have a Linux-based console? mark