[nzlug] Virtualizating DataCAD?

[Johann Schoonees]

Roger Searle wrote:
> Johann Schoonees wrote:
>> I see that the open source (OSE) version of Virtualbox does not 
>> support VM USB (nothing about the parallel port).  If I have to buy 
>> something then it might as well be VMware.
>>
>> Johann
> Or... download the free (as in cost) VMWare Server - which has easy USB 
> support.

Man, VMware go out of their way to obfuscate...

I had a look through their website (which is choked with 
marketing-speak) and concluded that I needed "VMware Workstation" (USD 
189).  I just want a single user to run a single Windows application on 
a single Linux platform, no?

"VMware Server" can "provision a new server in minutes," "simplify IT 
testing," and "[realize] the benefits of server virtualization."  Didn't 
sound like anything I wanted to do.

"VMware Player" is also free-as-in-beer but it needs someone else to 
create the VM... aah the penny has just dropped.  I have to download 
*both* Server and Player.  One "creates" the virtual machine and the 
other, ah, "plays" it?

Is that it?  I'm not sure I understand the implied separation of functions.

Johann