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Re: VMware v VirtualBox

From Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: VMware v VirtualBox
Date 2017-03-13 11:18 +0000
Organization "JJ's own news server"
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On 2017-03-12, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
> A colleague asked for my opinions of the two.  But, I only
> run VMware.  Some googling turns up LOTS of hits re: this
> issue.  But, all seem to be pretty "sterile" writings.
>
> Anyone with experience with *both* (or, who left one in favor
> of the other) to share some first-hand experiences?
>
> [AFAICT, he's looking for this as a way of supporting legacy
> tools w/o dedicating hardware to the task]

The free versions of both are roughly equivalent, basically you're
choosing between Oracle and Adobe. 

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VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-11 22:34 -0700
  Re: VMware v VirtualBox bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-12 11:39 -0400
    Re: VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-12 12:38 -0700
      Re: VMware v VirtualBox bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-12 15:51 -0400
        Re: VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-12 14:23 -0700
          Re: VMware v VirtualBox bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-13 10:21 -0400
            Re: VMware v VirtualBox Gerhard Hoffmann <ghf@hoffmann-hochfrequenz.de> - 2017-03-13 16:57 +0100
            Re: VMware v VirtualBox Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2017-03-13 17:37 -0500
              Re: VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-13 17:20 -0700
    Re: VMware v VirtualBox Martin Riddle <martin_ridd@verizon.net> - 2017-03-12 16:08 -0400
  Re: VMware v VirtualBox bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-12 15:37 -0400
  Re: VMware v VirtualBox Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2017-03-13 11:18 +0000
  Re: VMware v VirtualBox Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2017-03-13 17:33 -0500
    Re: VMware v VirtualBox Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-14 09:42 -0700

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