Enlarge / VMware Fusion 8.5 for Mac, with tab support. (credit: VMware) Today, VMware announced upgrades to its desktop virtualization products for Windows, Mac, and Linux. But this time existing users won’t have to pay for the new software. VMware and its rival Parallels have been charging for upgrades every year, and last year both companies required users to upgrade if they wanted VMWare and Parallels to fully support Windows 10. But none of the operating system changes this year are likely to break anything in last year’s virtualization software. This makes it hard to convince customers that they should pay again. VMware has heard complaints from customers about the yearly paid upgrades. Customers say, “ah, geez, you’re going to charge me to upgrade every year because you added OS support,” according to VMware product line marketing manager Michael Roy. “We hear that loud and clear,” Roy told Ars. Read 16 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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VMware says, “We’re not dead,” updates Fusion and Workstation for free
