A few years back VMware used to have a VMTN Subscription which was their equivalent of Microsoft's Technet scheme. The purpose of it, like with Technet, was to provide industry professionals with a mechanism of running legitimately licensed software for testing and educational purposes. Sadly it was discontinued in 2007. The following is taken from the End Of Life (EOL) FAQ that VMware published at the time: VMware VMTN Subscription has been a successful, award-winning offering, providing software developers and QA professionals with access to VMware's powerful suite of virtualization products. However, since its introduction in June of 2005, VMware…