Date: Wed, 26 Apr 00 14:20:34 
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Subject: [WarpCast] VMware OS/2 Support Followup
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             Network Trace for OS/2
- Turn any OS/2 machine into a network probe.
- Take a trace on any segment in the network, in minutes.
- A software-only, hardware-independent implementation.
      http://www.goldencode.com/ntrace.html

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Source: Dirk Terrell (terrellatboulder.swri.edu)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (feedbackatwarpcast.com)
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I sent a message to the VMware people asking if they might consider
making it available as a "not supported" version. This is the
response I got. It's really a shame that they have chosen not to
press forward with OS/2 support. VMware provides a nice way of being
able to use OS/2 on machines without the hassle of (a) having to
repartition disks and (b) reboot to get to other operating systems.

They haven't given a reason as to why they decided not to proceed.
They have an announcement on the main page of their web site
(http://www.vmware.com) about having signed an OEM agreement with
Microsoft to provide Windows preinstalled in virtual machines. Given
the kinds of MS tactics that surfaced during the anti-trust trial,
one has to wonder about the timing of all this...

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  From: "Eric Horschman" <ehorschmanatvmware.com>
  Subject: Re: VMware User Survey
  Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:03:48 -0700

  Dirk,

  Thank you for your support, but we are withdrawing our OS/2
  experimental release. Releasing OS/2 as an unsupported guest OS was
  considered, but we did not feel that our OS/2 guest support was at
  the same quality level as other guest OSs and we did not want that
  to reflect badly on our product.

  Regards, Eric 
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