LPM: Fw: VMWARE ANNOUNCES VMWARE EXPRESS FOR LINUX

David Pitts dpitts at mk.net
Mon May 8 19:10:12 CDT 2000


I briefly mentioned this at tonight's meeting.  I thought I would pass it
along to whomever would like it!!


Thanks,

David
David Pitts
President, Pitts Technical Resources, Inc
(859) 552-3262
www.dpitts.com
dpitts at mk.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie Finkelstein" <stephanie at vmware.com>
To: "David Pitts" <dpitts at mk.net>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 3:27 PM
Subject: VMWARE ANNOUNCES VMWARE EXPRESS FOR LINUX


> Dear David,
>
> This release will go on the wire later this afternoon, and I wanted to
make
> sure that you got to take a look at it.
>
> Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Stephanie Finkelstein
> VMware, Inc.
> Stephanie at vmware.com
>
>
>
> VMWARE ANNOUNCES VMWARE EXPRESS FOR LINUX
>
> Software Will Give Linux Users Easy Access to Windows Applications
>
> Palo Alto, Calif., May 8, 2000 - VMware, Inc. today announced the release
of
> its latest desktop product, VMware Express for Linux.
>
> The needs of both distributors and customers motivated the development of
> the product, which will satisfy Linux users who want to run Microsoft
> Windows 95 or Windows 98 in order to access the Windows applications they
> need.  VMware Express for Linux is distributed solely through
partnerships,
> and is not available for online sale as a stand-alone product.
Partnerships
> will be announced soon.
>
> VMware Express for Linux will allow users to run either Microsoft Windows
95
> or Windows 98 in a VMware virtual machine on top of a Linux host system.
A
> VMware virtual machine works just like a full PC, with full networking and
> multimedia support.  In addition, users will easily be able to share files
> between the Linux host system and the Windows virtual machine using the
> Samba file sharing service that comes preconfigured.
>
>  "We are very excited to introduce VMware Express for Linux," says Dave
> Michaud, VMware Vice President of Marketing.  "This software is an ideal
way
> for our partners to bundle a Windows with Linux solution with their own
> products.  We feel that their customers will find VMware Express for Linux
> the most complete and trouble-free way to run Windows applications with
> Linux."
>
> Watch for news about distribution partners on the company's Web site at
> http://www.vmware.com.
>
> About VMware
> VMware is the originator of virtual machine applications for PCs running
> different flavors of Linux, Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems.
> VMware's virtual machine technology unbinds the traditionally rigid ties
> between the operating system and the hardware, changing the way we think
> about computing.  VMware's software was selected as an InfoWorld analyst
> pick for 1999 Product of the Year.  VMware is a privately held company
based
> in Palo Alto, California.  For more information, please visit the Web site
> at http://www.vmware.com.
>
> # # #
>
> VMware is the trademark of VMware, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of
> Linus
> Torvalds.  Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft
> Corporation.  All other marks and names mentioned herein are the property
of
> their
> respective holders.
>
>
>
>




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