VMware Fusion License length

[VinylxScratches]

I am thinking about getting VMware Fusion.

How good is the license for? If a new version of Fusion comes out, do I have to buy it to get it?

 

[aphex]

I think point releases are free, 3.x, etc... New full versions require an upgrade fee.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: aphex
I think point releases are free, 3.x, etc... New full versions require an upgrade fee.

Correct. The only outlier to this is the free 1.x->2.x upgrade, which was a one-time thing. VMWare apparently felt that their 1.x customers didn't get a product worth the price (or more likely, the good PR was worth the cost). The inevitable 3.x upgrade will not be free.

 

[VinylxScratches]

Any ideas when 3.0 will be released?

 

[ViRGE]

Since VMWare keeps Fusion and Workstation synchronized (Fusion is just a Mac version Workstation with a more user-friendly UI), really the question is when VMWare Workstation 7 will drop. I know that Workstation 7 entered an early private beta back in June, but I don't know much beyond that. Presumably Workstation 7 and Fusion 3 will be launched at the same time later this year, but it's anyone's guess when that will be. Given that VMWare likes to do some kind of public testing, I wouldn't think it would be until late September at the earliest.