On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Warren Young <warren at etr-usa.com> wrote: > On 6/25/2010 8:33 AM, Brian Mathis wrote: >> - VMware Server seems like it's EOL, even though vmware hasn't >> specifically said so yet > > Given that there are known serious bugs in 2.0.2[*] and that release is > now 8 months old, that seems plausible to me. But another plausible > explanation is that they've decided to throw all their effort at a 3.0 > release. > > Do you have any hard evidence that would help me decide between these > two possibilities? > > [*] glibc change with EL 5.4+ crashes server, creeping CPU time bug > mentioned elsewhere in this thread, web UI buggier than Brazil in the > rainy season... Here is the support lifecycle page: http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle/general/index.html#policy_server See the footnote under the "VMware Server" section. Maybe there's a 3.0 in the works, but the general feeling is that they have abandoned the product. There have been no updates allowing the console to work in Firefox 3.6, no fixes to the hostd crash (glibc problem), nor any fixes to the creeping CPU problem. These are all major issues that would normally be addressed in any product a company would expect to keep around. All of these things together do not leave one with a good feeling about the product. Additionally, the way they are handling this has made me feel less confident in VMware as a company, and instead of looking at their paid products I have started looking at the alternatives. If they just came right out and said they were not supporting it any longer, that would be preferable to what they are doing now.