Why use a virtual machine? **RESOLVED**

[iodine at runbox.no]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> iodine at runbox.no wrote:
> 
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>> Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> The only thing I miss from Windows is Spider Solitaire, it was
>>>>>> entertaining once in a while.
>>>>> It's available in the KDE card games :) (KPath I seem to remember?)
>>> kpat
>>>
>>>> You all have forgotten that M$ now uses Windows Genuine Advantage,
>>>> aka WGA, to
>>> Only for Vista - and he didn't _have_ a license for that, he had an
>>> XP license.
>> WGA is implemented in XP also. It can be a major annoyance.
> 
> Nope.  I've never had a problem with it.

That's a very narrow point of view. It's like saying "I've never had
a problem with my car, therefore there are no problems with cars".

> Online _registration_ is 
> implemented, but it isn't the horrible WGA.

Wrong:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Genuine_Advantage

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Odd