An operating systems license is needed to use proprietary ones such as Windows. There is a free-of-charge version, VMware Workstation Player, for non-commercial use. VMware Workstation is developed and sold by VMware, Inc., a division of Dell Technologies. Each virtual machine can execute its own operating system, including versions of Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD, and MS-DOS. VMware Workstation Pro is a hosted hypervisor that runs on 圆4 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems (an x86-32 version of earlier releases was available) it enables users to set up virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine and use them simultaneously along with the host machine. Trialware and commercial (Workstation Pro) (version 11.x and above, previous versions were available for x86-32 as well)
