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From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
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Subject: Re: vmware on freebsd?
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--- Girish Venkatachalam <girish1729@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to install VMWare Server on FreeBSD
> > 6.0?  I'm looking
> > for comments from people who may have done this.
> Sorry if I am side tracking but why bother about
> vmware when qemu can do a much better job?
> 
> Please feel free to flame me if vmware can do
> something that qemu cannot since I have never used
> vmware...
> 
> regards,
> Girish

I am not attached to any one product.  I would prefer to go the OSS
route.  What limitations does qemu have?  Can you connect to the guest
machines remotely?  How can you say it is better than vmware if you
have never used it?  Thanks for any comments you may have.

Peter

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