On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:04:47 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ...Unless you pay a lot of money.
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> Microsoft Vista licence restrictions hit hardware hard
You are wrong, Roy, as usual.
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>| While the expensive versions of Vista, Vista Ultimate and Vista Business,
>| can be installed within a Virtual Machine environment, Vole forbids you
>| from doing so with the cheaper Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium.
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35057
False. It only prevents you from installing the same licensed copy in a VM.
> Another way of punishing/suppressing users of VMWare, Xen, Parallels, Boot
> Camp...
Microsoft Virtual PC and Server...?
> meanwhile, on the dual-boot front:
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> Vista scoots to new boot, but it's still kinda rooted
>
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>| While Microsoft would like the world to believe that anyone running Windows
>| has no need of any other operating system, that attitude doesn't cut much
>| mustard with many of its users.
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> http://www.apcstart.com/site/akidman/2006/09/1656/vista-scoots-to-new-boot-but-its-still-kinda-rooted
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> So, essentially, Microsoft now owns your hardware and controls the way it is
> being used. Not to mention DRM for your data, WGA, and TC...
This is exactly like every other version of Windows since Windows 95, so
don't pretend it's something new.
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