I'm trying to set up a development environment. So, I'm looking for a lightweight vCloud deployment. By lightweight, I mean low effort on licensing and installation. The appliance looks good, but then I saw the "open source" stuff. I've seen open source versions of other vmware products and have been wondering exactly what it means for quite some time. I can't really find good explanation on the vmware site either.
So, I know that all of the products can be licensed with an evaluation license. How does the open source version of a given product work, license wise? If it's pretty much the same product, but doesn't require me to reinstall my dev environment at the end of an evaluation period, then it seems like a good option.
Please advise or point to docs.
Thanks,
Chad