[PLUG] VMWare

[Steven A. Adams]

On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 10:22, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   I've nothing at all against Ed, for I have the highest regard for him.
> But, many consultants -- myself included -- don't like clients who keep
> asking for "just a little favor" at no additional cost. We're nickled and
> dimed into poverty by these folks. We want to be paid for our efforts. So do
> software vendors.
> 
>   How many of us have had some mechanical or electronic equipment fail just
> out of warranty? (Raises hand.) I had to pay for the repair despite the
> failure of the manufacturer. As a matter of fact, this was my biggest
> complaint about my Gateway notebook that I bought in November, 1992. In
> December, 1993 the internal powersupply plug failed (1 year warranty). Cost
> a lot to have that fixed. Fourteen months later the new one failed the same
> way. Gateway admitted it was a poor design and poor manufactuing by their
> contractor. I still had to pay to get it working again. Software, however,
> we expect to be upgraded and fixed so I'm not disappointed to learn I need
> to pay for an upgrade.

It looks like this thread is getting a little off topic from "Who uses
VMWare and do you think that it's worth the money".