So you want to build the next Air BnB or Twitter but you don’t have the pre-IPO funds to do it? VMware can help. I know what your thinking, VMware is enterprise software, I can’t afford that. Think again, VMware makes a lot of technology freely available to you. It’s not just any technology, this is the bleeding edge software designed to build next generation 3rd Platform applications on your laptop in a Starbucks!
#1 VMware AppCatalyst
APi driven hypervisor for your MAC! Built in support for Docker Containers. Replicate a private cloud on your MAC. https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/devops/vmware-appcatalyst
#2 VMware Player
Run Windows and Linux Virtual Machines on your PC. https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/7_0
#3 VMware Photon
A super small Linux Distro to run Docker Containers. Docker is already installed. https://vmware.github.io/photon/
#4 Bare Metal Hypervisor
VMware ESXi enables you to build virtual machines on bare metal. When you exceed your PC or MAC’s capacity you will want to graduate to ESXi https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor
# 5 VMware Lightwave
Build security and Identity management into your app with this free open source tool. https://vmware.github.io/lightwave/