VMware Server Episode 2.0: The Revenge of the Web UI
Has VMware gone over to the Dark Side? Linux Magazine’s Jason Perlow examines the recent release of VMware Server 2.0 beta, and finds its Web-only management interface disturbing.
We take you now to the Planet Virtual, where two combatants are already engaged in mortal combat. Laser swords drawn and at the ready, and facing each other on opposing levitating anti-gravity platforms hovering over a fiery river of molten metal, the opponents utter their final words.
Open Source Kernobi: Darth, slow, memory hogging and less functional Web interfaces compared to native Linux software are evil. Why did you remove the native Linux console client from VMware Server in the 2.0 release? We’ve been using it for years and its worked great.
Darth VMware: Evil from your point of view! From my point of view, the Open Source freeloaders and non-paying end-users are evil. You should be lucky that we give you a free Server product, period. And besides, if you don’t like the Web interface, you can always use the Windows-based Virtual Infrastructure client. You want native? Use our free VMware Player or buy VMware Workstation.
Open Source Kernobi: Well, then you are lost! That’s not what we Linux users want! Don’t you remember who and what you started with, back in 1999? Developers and power users need a free server with a native client!
Darth VMware: This is the end for you, My Linux community. I wish it were otherwise.
The fighting continues for what seems like an eternity, with the opponents trading blows against each other, until what seems like a stalemate. Finally, Kernobi opens up his Targus laptop bag, and produces a huge stack of DVDs,…
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