Broadcom, which absorbed business vmware, presented new conditions for the distribution of Proprietary virtualization products for workstations- vmware workstation And vmware fusion working on the Linux, Windows and MacOS platforms. The possibility of free personal use provided in the spring is now expanded and covers any application, including use for commercial purposes.
The supply of individual paid products of the Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro, distributed by paid subscription, is discontinued. freely distributed versions of the VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion will include all the possibilities available in paid versions ” Pro “. Broadcom will continue to support the code base and active investment in the development of new features. As before, the new versions of the VMware Workstation and the VMware Fusion will be released regularly and a full quality control cycle.
Users who have previously entered into technical support contracts will be able to directly contact the support service or use resources from the support portal before. The rest are proposed to receive support in Online through forums and documentation catalog.
It is noted that the company strives to be more customer -oriented – the translation of VMware workstation and VMware Fusion into the category of free systems will increase the user base, which will help to better understand the needs and requests of users, and use this information to optimize and improve the quality of their products.