I've used both VMware Workstation and Fusion (paying for both out of my own pocket) on and off for years, as I've went back and forth between OS X and Linux on my primary workstation.
Just recently I bought a new MacBook Pro and was debating between Fusion and Parallels. I recalled all the annoying ads in Parallels that really frustrated me (since it was a paid-for product, nothing something free and ad-supported) and so I purchased a new license for Fusion 8 Pro.
I suppose I'll consider myself lucky if it's still getting updates a year from now.
I've also been debating another decision recently -- whether to stick with VMware ESXi for our infrastructure or to move things over to KVM. I think that decision has now been made.
You won't get updates at the end of that year-long period. You'll get a prompt to upgrade to the newest version. Now that is up in the air if there will be a new version.
Let's see... I can't run FreeBSD or OpenBSD and I can't create any VMs myself? I can only run -- untrusted, by the way -- VMs that I download from some web site?
Just recently I bought a new MacBook Pro and was debating between Fusion and Parallels. I recalled all the annoying ads in Parallels that really frustrated me (since it was a paid-for product, nothing something free and ad-supported) and so I purchased a new license for Fusion 8 Pro.
I suppose I'll consider myself lucky if it's still getting updates a year from now.
I've also been debating another decision recently -- whether to stick with VMware ESXi for our infrastructure or to move things over to KVM. I think that decision has now been made.