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To start with, just a pet peeve, and not really relevant to your situation, but vmware is a brand name, not a product.

Secondly, I sympathise. Our FAQ is currently about 3 years old and has hardly been touched since day 1, even though the site has evolved, and we are in the process of rectifying this.

Thirdly, I would challenge how your question fits in with what is in the current FAQ, namely:

If your question is about...

  • Servers
  • Networks
  • Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace

Fourthy, just as a side-note, I suggest you take a peek at thisI suggest you take a peek at this. It too has been closed as off-topic, but it has a very good answer.

VMware Player is intended for your own personal non-commercial use only. Player may only be used commercially or be re-distributed with written agreement from VMware

(emphasis mine)

The fact that this is non-commercial use, and a non-commerical-use product immediately puts it in a grey area.

I believe your question would have been totally accepted over on Super User and if I had seen it was about to be closed before it was closed, I would have moved it instead of closing it. However, you did get an answer here, so really that's the main goal, right?

To start with, just a pet peeve, and not really relevant to your situation, but vmware is a brand name, not a product.

Secondly, I sympathise. Our FAQ is currently about 3 years old and has hardly been touched since day 1, even though the site has evolved, and we are in the process of rectifying this.

Thirdly, I would challenge how your question fits in with what is in the current FAQ, namely:

If your question is about...

  • Servers
  • Networks
  • Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace

Fourthy, just as a side-note, I suggest you take a peek at this. It too has been closed as off-topic, but it has a very good answer.

VMware Player is intended for your own personal non-commercial use only. Player may only be used commercially or be re-distributed with written agreement from VMware

(emphasis mine)

The fact that this is non-commercial use, and a non-commerical-use product immediately puts it in a grey area.

I believe your question would have been totally accepted over on Super User and if I had seen it was about to be closed before it was closed, I would have moved it instead of closing it. However, you did get an answer here, so really that's the main goal, right?

To start with, just a pet peeve, and not really relevant to your situation, but vmware is a brand name, not a product.

Secondly, I sympathise. Our FAQ is currently about 3 years old and has hardly been touched since day 1, even though the site has evolved, and we are in the process of rectifying this.

Thirdly, I would challenge how your question fits in with what is in the current FAQ, namely:

If your question is about...

  • Servers
  • Networks
  • Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace

Fourthy, just as a side-note, I suggest you take a peek at this. It too has been closed as off-topic, but it has a very good answer.

VMware Player is intended for your own personal non-commercial use only. Player may only be used commercially or be re-distributed with written agreement from VMware

(emphasis mine)

The fact that this is non-commercial use, and a non-commerical-use product immediately puts it in a grey area.

I believe your question would have been totally accepted over on Super User and if I had seen it was about to be closed before it was closed, I would have moved it instead of closing it. However, you did get an answer here, so really that's the main goal, right?

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To start with, just a pet peeve, and not really relevant to your situation, but vmware is a brand name, not a product.

Secondly, I sympathise. Our FAQ is currently about 3 years old and has hardly been touched since day 1, even though the site has evolved, and we are in the process of rectifying this.

Thirdly, I would challenge how your question fits in with what is in the current FAQ, namely:

If your question is about...

  • Servers
  • Networks
  • Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace

Fourthy, just as a side-note, I suggest you take a peek at this. It too has been closed as off-topic, but it has a very good answer.

VMware Player is intended for your own personal non-commercial use only. Player may only be used commercially or be re-distributed with written agreement from VMware

(emphasis mine)

The fact that this is non-commercial use, and a non-commerical-use product immediately puts it in a grey area.

I believe your question would have been totally accepted over on Super User and if I had seen it was about to be closed before it was closed, I would have moved it instead of closing it. However, you did get an answer here, so really that's the main goal, right?