It's certainly no longer clear that VMware is hands-down superior to VirtualBox for desktop virtualization. I maintain a library of VM images and most of my users have been going with VirtualBox in the last couple of years because it's so much easier to get your hands on and it has worked out-of-the-box more reliably on a variety of systems in the last few years, and also the ability to have network port forwarding configured by an appliance rather than solely on the host. VMware seems to be the platform of choice in large enterprises where you can easily get a license or already have the infrastructure in place. For more casual desktop users, I really don't see it in use anymore.
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VirtualBox still can't do everything VMWare can.
External USB devices behave very differently between both products.
It's certainly no longer clear that VMware is hands-down superior to VirtualBox for desktop virtualization. I maintain a library of VM images and most of my users have been going with VirtualBox in the last couple of years because it's so much easier to get your hands on and it has worked out-of-the-box more reliably on a variety of systems in the last few years, and also the ability to have network port forwarding configured by an appliance rather than solely on the host. VMware seems to be the platform of choice in large enterprises where you can easily get a license or already have the infrastructure in place. For more casual desktop users, I really don't see it in use anymore.
Fair enough; I haven't used that feature (like OpenGL, it's something I use "Real Hardware" for).