[ubuntu-uk] VMWare & Virtual machines (Was 'diabetes')

[Eddie Armstrong]

John
What qualifies for 'geriatric' these days (worried :-) )
re: Virtual Machines 
If you've got a *full* version of XP on CD (doesn't work with 'upgrades')
you can install, say VMWare, on Linux, then 'install'  XP into that so 
for most purposes you will have XP under Linux. However with OEM 
versions (the one that came with your PC) and most versions of Vista 
Microsoft prohibits this in their ever-changing EULAs (I hope somebody 
clarifies this as I may be out of date on this)

Wikipedia on Virtual Machines <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine>
Wikipedia on VMWare <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmware>
Hope this helps

For Alan et al:  Can anyone clarify how the new KVM kernels with 
'virtualisation' built in fit into this scenario?
Eddie