Flings are normally created by VMware engineers who address a specific challenge and is not a utility that is found in the VMware product. It is possible that some Flings can be developed into official products. The need is driven when engineering team is working on a product or project that needs additional information and there is not a utility to give them what they are looking for. Many developers create these types of utility solutions and then find them useful on other projects. After the Flings are made available, the user community can provide feedback and request additional features to be incorporated into the current version. There have been times when VMware has queried the user community to submit their ideas for other useful software tools in the Open Innovation Contest. This gives the VMware technology teams the opportunity to develop some of the ideas into a VMware Fling.

There is a stern warning for any of the Flings. The website states that Flings are experimental...