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I'm guessing they talked with VMWare before doing this? I wonder what implications/benefits this has for VMWare, since their (limited) Player has been free for

I'm guessing they talked with VMWare before doing this? I wonder what implications/benefits this has for VMWare, since their (limited) Player has been free for a while now. Then again, according to Wikipedia, maybe they were already planning for this? > VMware Workstation versions 12.0.0, 12.0.1, and 12.1.0 were released at intervals of about two months in 2015.[61] In January 2016 the entire development team behind VMware Workstation and Fusion was disbanded and all US developers were immediately fired.[8][9][10][12] The future of these products remained vague; the company said that development would continue. On April 24, 2016, maintenance release 12.1.1 was released. VMware announced the release on 8 September 2016 of Workstation 12.5 and Fusion 8.5 as a free upgrade supporting Windows 10 Anniversary edition and Windows Server 2016.[13]

sorenjan 9y ago
There are other reasons to want to use a VM, like guest isolation and multiple environments. I like to run unknown software in a VM first.
- shortlyfinally 9y ago
  VMWare is great for setting up a test networking environment too. Workstation's virtual interface setup is nice and allowed me to test a host of operating systems, a custom router to test firewall rules, 802.1x security and a RADIUS server. All in a simple virtual environment.