[CentOS] virtualizing Windows in Cetnos

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu m3freak at thesandhufamily.ca
Wed Feb 28 23:25:41 UTC 2007


On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 15:37 -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> I've been very happy with VMware -- but note that Windows Vista has
> licensing restrictions that make it illegal to use it as the "guest"
> operating system in many virtualization environments.  Unless you're
> using XP or 2000 Server or something older, check your license before
> deploying.

I read a comment on a Slashdot story about this.  The comment stated the
Vista license seems to say that you can't virtualize Vista if it's the
copy that's already installed on the host. 

I'm not familiar enough with the license to know it that's true.

Regards,

Ranbir

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