topic Re: Is This Product Dead? in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions

VMWare Workstation 17 next release Workstation 2023?

kasper — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:16:18 GMT

Last update was in April. It is now August. No updates. And I can only guess as to how many issues are open.

I really like this software. It is too bad it is dying.

Re: Is This Product Dead?

scott28tt — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:59:00 GMT

There's a current Tech Preview for an upcoming release: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Workstation-2023-Tech-Preview/ct-p/ws-tp2023

Re: Is This Product Dead?

kasper — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:52:36 GMT

Thank you for your response. My fault. I was thinking version 18 was next. New naming convention - year.

I look forward to its release.

Re: Is This Product Dead?

scott28tt — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:28:28 GMT

I expect the current Tech Preview will become v18, that’s what happened last year when the Tech Preview at the time became v17.

Re: Is This Product Dead?

Technogeezer — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:15:23 GMT

Or not.

VMware has hinted that the next release fo Fusion on the Mac may be a minor release to Fusion 13. If that’s true, then I wouldn’t be surprised if Workstation would follow suit if past versioning is any indication of the future. They tend to manage versions of Fusion and Workstation similarly.

I guess we’ll wait and see if @Mikero chimes in.

Re: Is This Product Dead?

jen2 — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:53:36 GMT

Does that mean we have to buy a new license? The current works with tech preview. If that the case my boss gonna hate it

Re: Is This Product Dead?

Technogeezer — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:06:04 GMT

This is speculation but If they make the next version a minor version update to 17 and not a new major version 18, it’s likely not to require a new license. But only VMware knows for sure and until they say something, this is not a anything that I would get my boss agitated about until I knew for sure.

It could be worse. You could be paying a subscription that if you stop paying, your VMs turn into pumpkins.