[cap-talk] Concrete application, WebCVOS

[Marcus Brinkmann]

At Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:07:37 -0700,
Jed Donnelley <jed at nersc.gov> wrote:
> virtual machine technology.  E.g. at the least
> just run Windows under a VM and Linux
> under a separate VM with WebCVOS under
> Linux.  With suitable file sharing between
> the environments one could probably even
> make the needed Windows compatibility
> files available from Windows itself (e.g.
> updates by Microsoft, etc.).  Now wouldn't
> it be interesting to see how Microsoft
> would treat a situation like that ...

We already know.  The entry-level licenses for Windows Vista exclude
running the OS inside a virtual machine:

http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193303429

Thanks,
Marcus