Years ago, Vmware 3.x would run quite well on FreeBSD 4.x. Unfortunately, Vmware 3.x has long since fallen out of support (one cannot obtain a license from Vmware) and even if it did still work on current versions of FreeBSD,
the feature set of Vmware 3.x is somewhat obsolete.
The Goal: A fully functioning Vmware 5.5 running on FreeBSD 6.x OR 7.x as a host operating system. A roadmap for support of future Vmware releases on FreeBSD (especially support for 3d hardware virtualization),
the creation of a /usr/ports/emulators/vmware5, and an official maintainer of this port.