With its introduction in June of 2005, VMware launched the VMware Technology Network (VMTN) Subscription program - an award-winning offering that provided software developers and QA professionals with access to VMware's powerful suite of virtualization products. However, since its introduction, VMware has made numerous changes that have all but made the program obsolete in their eyes. The company released two fr With its introduction in June of 2005, VMware launched the VMware Technology Network (VMTN) Subscription program – an award-winning offering that provided software developers and QA professionals with access to VMware’s powerful suite of virtualization products. However, since its introduction, VMware has made numerous changes that have all but made the program obsolete in their eyes. The company released two free virtualization products – VMware Player and VMware Server. They enhanced their Technology Alliance Partner Program. They introduced the Community Source program. And, they opened up their VMware VMDK disk format, the VMware Perl toolkit, and the VMware SDK.And so, VMware is no longer selling VMTN Subscriptions and the company is not going to renew those subscriptions that have already been purchased. With an active subscription, members can continue to take advantage of the services made available to them through the remainder of their current subscription period (one year from the start date of the subscription). According to an email sent out by the company: “When your VMTN Subscription expires, you will be able to continue to utilize all software obtained through VMTN in accordance with your VMware VMTN Subscription restricted license agreement. In addition, for any additional Per Incident support purchased during the life of your VMTN Subscription, VMware will honor those for one year from date of purchase. To further protect your investment in software obtained through the VMware VMTN Subscription program, you are now also eligible, upon expiration of your VMTN Subscription, to purchase separate service and support contract(s) at the current list price. This is something never before offered to VMware VMTN Subscribers and will entitle you to continued software upgrades and support during your contracted support period. It is strongly encouraged that you obtain a separate support contract at the time your VMTN subscription expires. If you decide later to purchase support on the software obtained through your VMTN Subscription, the following Terms and Conditions will apply. You must pay the applicable fees for the current contract term and the amount of fees that would have been paid for the period of time that customer had not enrolled in the services. You may also be subject to a 20% reinstatement fee based upon the total amount of support purchased.” Software Development