[ILUG] vmware pricing

[John Ronan]

PII-400 with 256MB ram, vmware runs like a dream..

On a different topic. I've this in my logs from last night.
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Looks like someone attempted a buffer overflow of mountd...  also notice the
syslogd message... is this an attempt at an overflow of syslogd itself?

Have a nice day...

J



On 10-Nov-99 Niall  O Broin wrote:
> Speaking of vmware, Trevor Johnston said
> 
>> As someone else suggested, the price tag alone encourages just buying
>> another computer.
> 
> Vmware costs $99 for a non-commercial license. For a commercial license,
> it's $299. Even if you use it commercially, it'd be rather hard to get
> a reasonable machine for $299, ignoring the desk space required, which
> is often the reason for commercial users to use such a thing. In past lives
> I've installed Sun PC emulation products which nearly always cost more than
> a cheap PC of equivalent performance would cost. However, the people who buy
> these things buy them for the convenience afforded to them of occasional use
> of Windows applications without the hassle of an extra box.




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John Ronan <j0n at tssg.wit.ie>, +353-51-302411
Telecommunications Software Systems Group - WIT, http://www.tssg.wit.ie

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