Better slow than sorry – VirtualBox 3D acceleration considered harmful

Re:Better slow than sorry – VirtualBox 3D acceleration consi... by iforgotpassword on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @04:04PM (#17656587)

Nice. We're currently using the free VMware player for educational purposes (non-profit) and got a call from some VMware sales rep recently. Which is funny because some years ago we tried to get a statement from them about our kind of usage and after bouncing around nobody could give us a definitive answer.

However, our guy handling the call just mentioned that we're considering switching to VirtualBox anyways, and didn't hear back since. I think VBox actually has a clause about educational use in their EULA.

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Re:Better slow than sorry – VirtualBox 3D acceleration consi... by travem on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @04:33PM (#17656833)

FYI from the VMware Workstation Player FAQ <https://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html> they state:

> VMware Workstation Player is free for personal non-commercial use (business and non profit use is considered commercial use). If you would like to learn about virtual machines or use them at home you are welcome to use VMware Workstation Player for free. Students and faculty of accredited educational institutions can use VMware Workstation Player for free if they are members of the VMware Academic Program <http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1033638>.

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