Wow...
Tried out VMWare Server 2 Beta this morning. Probably should have been called VMWare Server 2 Pre-Alpha-Gee-I-Hope-This Works.
They have apparently rid themselves of the solid, native GUI, instead opting for a web-driven management interface using Apache Tomcat, a web server, and a metric ton of Java. I also couldn’t log in to the thing without setting up a Windows password, which is stupid for a one-user desktop machine.
I’m all about release early, release often, but I think releases like this should come with a warning. This was nearly a 350MB download that sprayed a bunch of server technology on a clean machine (albeit the uninstall was smooth and comprehensive).
Gives me the feeling they’re actually using the VMWare Server user base to test features they want to use for the expensive VMWare Infrastructure, especially since that’s what the login screen said.