VMWare GSX Server to go for free – apparently

News.com is reporting that VMWare is to start giving away GSX Server (not ESX, don’t get mixed up now).

It’s not actually been announced so this is actually speculation but it would be a big thing for many people. It smacks a little (not a lot) of a desperate measure to retain market share from the rest of the boys coming up, but it could just be that everyone who is serious about virtualisation is using ESX server anyway. Giving people GSX server would keep the virtual machines in VMWare format throughout the development cycle and make the final move to ESX that bit easier.