[ Thanks to Falko
Timme for this link. ]
“Also, with VMware Server you can let your old Windows
desktop (that you previously converted into a VMware virtual
machine with VMware Converter, as described in this tutorial:
http://www.howtoforge.com/vmware_converter_windows_linux) run under
your Ubuntu desktop. This can be useful if you depend on some
applications that exist for Windows only, or if you want to switch
to Linux slowly.”