On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 05:01:45PM -0500, Mike Miller wrote: > >> Anything wrong with the GPL version of > >> VirtualBox? > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Box CodeWeavers was here first, 5 years ago, when virtualization on a PC was a pipe dream. > > Besides requiring a Microsoft Windows license IN ADDITION to a Microsoft > > Office license? Nothing. These are not equivalent pieces of software. > > So Codeweavers runs Windows-only programs without using any Microsoft > software? That does lead to a "lesser of two evils" kind of situation. It is useful to some organizations, as a first step for a migration from Windows to GNU/Linux. Or as a first step in porting Windows applications to GNU/Linux. And that's good. florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20081027/cc513547/attachment-0001.pgp