[clue-talk] Vmware ESX / VI, WTF?

[David L. Willson]

Why does Vmware ESX (aka Virtual Infrastructure) have no <adjective> Linux client?  I
thought that the point of making Vmware Server "free" was to draw folks into the fold,
and get them up to ESX / VI when function appropriate.  With no management interface
available for my computer, unless I switch to Windows, it looks like ESX will never be
function appropriate for me.

I'm so shocked and pissed off at Vmware...  I'm actually thinking about using something
else for virtualization, for the first time ever.  I bought a box specifically to run
ESX, and now I find out I can't interface with it without using Windows.  This is a ...
 huge disappointment, and for me, a no-further-negotiation-needed show-stopper.

1. I'm glad I can use the hardware I bought for something else now.
2. If I'd put money and time into ~buying~ this, like for a ~client~... If there were
serious work involved in getting away from it...  I'd be so mad, I'd be spitting on
myself.  Ugh, too late.

If there's anyone out there with Vmware's ear, please tell them:  I don't want to find a
Windows mandate at the end of your road.  It's like ---  Nevermind what it's like.  I
don't want to run Windows and making me run Windows is sure to ruin an otherwise good
relationship.  Let me run Linux or lose me.  I won't use anything that creates vendor
lock-in, and Windows only comes from one vendor.  Along with me, you'll lose my clients,
because they generally follow my lead, and they ~are~ where all the money comes from.

-- David