[wplug] VmWare

[Shawn Zier]

Weber, Lawrence A wrote:
>
> For embedded product development I usually use PC's dedicated to 
> either Linux or Windows.  Dual booting is a pain.
>
> For my next project it has been suggested that I use VmWare to run 
> both op sys simultaneously.  I have not seen VmWare for many years and 
> remember it being somewhat limited.  Without starting a war here, can 
> anyone identify any serious limitations of VmWare?
>
Lawrence,

I use linux as my desktop at work. I use VMware to run all of the
windows applications that come with all of the devkits. As long as its a
usb device, I never have any problems. I think even serial devices work
directly with VMware, but I just use a usb-serial converter anyhow.

Shawn