VirtualBox versus VMWare

[sdavmor]

Kristian Rink wrote:
> Am Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:11:46 +0100
> schrieb Chris G <cl at isbd.net>:
> 
>> What are the relative pluses and minuses of VirtualBox and VMWare in
>> your opinion?  I use VMWare Workstation at the moment to run Windows
>> XP on a Linux system.  What would I gain and what would I lose if I
>> movesd to VirtualBox?  (I'd gain a bit of money at least!)
> 
> If you paid for VMWare workstation, there's probably no point in doing
> so. :) Personally, I switched from VMWare Server
> (free-as-in-free-beer) to VirtualBox OSE for a bunch of reasons:
> 
> - It's open-source and available via the repositories in an easy
> manner. Modules come precompiled so I don't need to mess with building
> them manually as I have to do for VMWare Server.
> 
> - The "seamless" mode is pretty cool in times of need (having a Windows
> XP taskbar just above my XFCE one really tends to surprise some
> people...).
> 
> - Not needing a server setup on my notebook, the management procedure
> in VirtualBox is easier than in VMWare Server as there's no distinction
> between a "virtual machine server" and a "management console" (which
> also might not be there talking about VMWare Workstation).
> 
> - They say that VMWare Server does not support Shared Folders whereas
> VirtualBox does. Never used it, though. :)
> 
> As you were talking about VMWare Workstation however, your mileage
> definitely might vary here... :)
> Cheers,
> Kristian

Thanks Kristian for your points.  I am contemplating VirtualBox so 
this helps to make up my mind.
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