[cap-talk] Concrete application, WebCVOS

[David Hopwood]

Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> 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

This is something that the EU Competition Commission and/or
US Department of Justice should stamp on, IMHO; the sooner the better.
It's clearly anticompetitive.

-- 
David Hopwood <david.hopwood at industrial-designers.co.uk>