[Info-vax] Broadcom ends availablility of the free edition ESXi Hypervisor

[Dave Froble]

On 2/14/2024 8:56 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 2/14/24 7:17 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>> On 2/12/2024 12:42 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> For those of you using the free ESXi Hypervisor to run VMS on x86-64,
>>> be aware Broadcom have now removed the free edition download:
>>>
>>> https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2107518?lang=en_US
>>>
>>>  From that document:
>>>
>>> |Along with the termination of perpetual licensing, Broadcom has also
>>> |decided to discontinue the Free ESXi Hypervisor, marking it as EOGA (End
>>> |of General Availability).
>>>
>>> Simon.
>>>
>>
>> So as a Hobbyist/casual user of OpenVMS, which virtualization platform would
>> you switch to if leaving VMWare?  Oracle's VirtualBox or a KVM derivative?
>> Why?  Something that runs on Linux, hopefully, rather than Windows based.
>
> I think VMWare Player/Fusion are still available for now and are not
> affected by the ESXi announcement.
>

I am curious, what are the restrictions on the use of the previously free 
edition of ESXi?  Are those who already have a copy allowed to offer copies to 
others?

Based upon history, does anyone think that Broadcom will actually make 
improvements to the product?  What's there today just may be "as good as it gets".

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