[CentOS] virtualizing Windows in Cetnos

Wed Feb 28 23:59:04 UTC 2007
kalinix <calin.kalinix.cosma at gmail.com>

On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 18:25 -0500, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> 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
> 


http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1240559,00.html


hth,


Calin

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