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VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software

VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software

Posted Sep 11, 2007 19:31 UTC (Tue) by hltbdivl (subscriber, #39740)
In reply to: VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software by marduk
Parent article: VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software

Disclaimer: I work on this project.

We haven't seen much demand for open-sourced Windows Tools, but if more people ask for it, we can definitely consider it.


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VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software

Posted Sep 12, 2007 12:55 UTC (Wed) by timschmidt (subscriber, #38269) [Link]

See: ReactOS (http://www.reactos.org/)

VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software

Posted Sep 12, 2007 14:47 UTC (Wed) by hltbdivl (subscriber, #39740) [Link]

I can understand how ReactOS can make use of the Windows Tools, but are there really many people running it, let alone waiting patiently for GPL'd VMware Tools to run under it?

VMware Unveils VMware Tools as Open Source Software

Posted Sep 26, 2007 23:37 UTC (Wed) by umop (guest, #47831) [Link]

I'm very interested in extending VMWare Workstation. I don't know if this is within the scope of this thread or not.

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