Anyone have any luck registering on the VMWare site?
Keep throwing an error upon submitting the registration form.
I have the same problem, tried the site in both IE and firefox but looks like an internal error.
Oh well I suppose I should have known that a 'free' product would have been too much to ask for.
'too much to ask for', opps I meant 'too good to be true'
Yeah, same problem here. My guess is their servers were overflooded with registration requests :)
Managed to register after several tries, and was rewarded with a Download page--which lead to DNS lookup errors. Persistance paid off, though, until I read the license agreement, which contains the following:
TERM AND TERMINATION.
Licensee's rights with respect to the Beta Software will terminate upon the earlier of (a) the initial commercial release by VMware of a generally available version of the Beta Software or (b) automatic expiration of the Beta Software based on the system date....
I guess what they are offering for "free" is the opportunity to participate in a time-limited beta-test of the product that will succeed GSX server. I am not sure that I regard that is either "free" or even anything out of the ordinary--they have always had a program allowing people to test beta versions of the software without charge to the tester. Alas, I guess this is just marketing hype.... We shall see.
Just got the server download. Don't know if it is any good. They key seems to be to keep on trying--their servers are undoubtedly overloaded, so persistance may pay off.
By the way, it's early Monday Morning as I write this (in Boston, MA).
This is good news indeed. I've been wanting to use VMWare products for a while now. However, keep in mind, it will not be totally free... as per the fact, only support contract subscribers will receive updates to the product, for the most part. Otherwise, this is great news.
Q: Will patches and new releases for VMware Server be provided for free in the future?
A: Generally available VMware Server patches, minor and major releases will be provided by VMware on a regular basis only to customers that have purchased a VMware Server Support and Subscription contract. At a later time, VMware may, at its discretion, include the functionality improvements contained in these patches, minor and major releases in the freely downloadable product.
Thanks,
Shawn
Just downloaded it and it installed flawlessly on my gentoo box netbooted from an ATAoE SAN using kernel 2.6.15.2. Congrats to VMware for making this happen, could be a very good business strategy if people flock to VMware products and support contracts.
Does anybody know if VMware produces proper patches for its current line up. E.g. GSX server, workstations etc?
Every time I want to update one of these products I have to delete my current installation and then install the new version. As you can imagine this is not exactly ideal.
Or do you need some sort of expensive support contract to get access to the patches like what is indicated for VMware Server Beta above?