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VMWare has made Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro free for personal use, allowing home users and students to set up their own virtualized test labs and play with another operating system at little to no cost.
With their full-featured products now free, VMware says they are discontinuing Workstation Player and Fusion Player, and they are no longer available for purchase.However, as the VMs used in Player are compatible with their Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro counterparts, there should be no issues upgrading to the full-featured versions.