VMWare 4 rant...

[tpunx99GSX]

So i have been working on a very large Proof of Concept project for a school for the past month. The whole concept is to use VMWare with virtual desktops that all of the teachers can use instead of their local desktops. We created a concept that has two sides that they can compare and choose which way to go. On the one side is VMWare, the Other is Citrix ESX.
Both were lacking performance when dealing with flash, as well as overall performance. But there was an update coming out for VMWare that enables PC Over IP and is supposed to run smoother than ever with everything and was touting lower bandwidth usage and such. So we decided, lets wait for this upgrade to come out and install it and hopefully this will solve a lot of our performance issues.
Enter VMWare 4...
Install goes ok, and I provision the desktops. I go to run the desktop through the portal and Bam Error, PCoIP cannot run through the Portal. Interesting i think, well there must be another way to connect to it. After going back and forth with our engineer that we have been working with (from a different company) we find out that this stupid peice of crap needs a VPN Connection. One of the purposes we were choosing to go with a solution like this is so that we do not have to use a VPN. VMWare has ABSOLUTLY NO DOCUMENTATION that says anything about needing a VPN. BAH!!! So now the same people that were screaming "We are better than citrix because we have this new product with enormous bandwidth savings and everything will run smooth" decided to not devulge the fact that you must have a Overhead hog like VPN for it to actually work. Sure, your software doesnt take up much bandwidth, but when you add the vpn Citrix looks a lot better. VMWare is looking more and more like a shady company these days.