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Re: Vagrant 1.1, VMware Fusion

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Post by bradleyland »

mitchellh wrote: post #10
bradchoate wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does the VMware Fusion provider cost $30 more than VMware Fusion itself? I'm not against commercial software, but the price is off-putting, particularly for personal use.

I actually tend to view it as $20 less than the professional version of Fusion ($99). :) Hehe. But, yes, the provider works with the trial, regular, and professional versions, so you can argue it is $30 more. The reason is that VMware Fusion is woefully underpriced on Mac OS X systems, due to steep competition from Parallels. The equivalent on Windows is $249. My argument is that the value you get out of something li…

But the alternatives aren't Vagrant + Fusion versus VMWare on Windows. The alternatives are Vagrant + VirtualBox versus Vagrant + VirtualBox, which is zero cost.

Re: Vagrant 1.1, VMware Fusion

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Post by Argorak »

lox wrote: post #18
dahjelle wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you need to use VMWare. I understood from the article that you can upgrade to 1.1 and continue to use VirtualBox as the provider with basically no hiccups.

Yeah, I must admit I was confused by this as well. Do we need Fusion + a license for the Vagrant VMWare provider, or is the Vagrant VMWare provider stand-alone?

You need both, thats why its a steep price.

Re: Vagrant 1.1, VMware Fusion

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Post by Xylakant »

dahjelle wrote: post #13
Xylakant wrote: post #3

In general a cool release, mostly because it finally adds providers. However, given the price point of 79 USD per seat, I can hold my breath a little longer, especially since VMWare adds another 50-70 Euros on top of that. That's somewhere in the ballpark of 140 USD to replace something that's basically working fine.

I don't think you need to use VMWare. I understood from the article that you can upgrade to 1.1 and continue to use VirtualBox as the provider with basically no hiccups.

Certainly I can continue to use Virtualbox. However, VMWare is more efficient and more stable - virtualbox is a bit slow and tends to crash your mac once in a while. I'd be willing to shell out some money for that feature, but given the price I probably won't, at least not in the near future.

Re: Vagrant 1.1, VMware Fusion

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Post by stock_toaster »

bradchoate wrote: post #8
mitchellh wrote: post #2

Whew. This was/is a big one. Vagrant 1.1 is the first release in Vagrant's history that is provider-agnostic. I'm shipping a Fusion provider and open source AWS and RackSpace provider, but the interface itself is completely open source and documented, meaning anyone can add their own providers: http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/plugins/providers.html And the provider API was introduced while retaining full compatibility f…

Why does the VMware Fusion provider cost $30 more than VMware Fusion itself? I'm not against commercial software, but the price is off-putting, particularly for personal use.

Agreed. I was previuosly excited by it, but at this price point, I am no longer. It puts it out of the impulse-buy-to-try-it-out range and squarey into the "I can do without it".

Re: Vagrant 1.1, VMware Fusion

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Post by darkarmani »

mitchellh wrote: post #10
bradchoate wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does the VMware Fusion provider cost $30 more than VMware Fusion itself? I'm not against commercial software, but the price is off-putting, particularly for personal use.

I actually tend to view it as $20 less than the professional version of Fusion ($99). :) Hehe. But, yes, the provider works with the trial, regular, and professional versions, so you can argue it is $30 more. The reason is that VMware Fusion is woefully underpriced on Mac OS X systems, due to steep competition from Parallels. The equivalent on Windows is $249. My argument is that the value you get out of something li…

I thought that price included VM Fusion -- as in for $30 more you get the provider also.
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