VMWare / Wine

[Matthew Flaschen]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> 
>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
>>>
>>>> Patton Echols wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Again, this is probably one of those things
>>>>> that is obvious once you have worked with it even a little bit, I've
>>>>> been reading but have not attempted to do either.  I had mostly
>>>>> concluded from reading that the VMWare route was the better choice, but
>>>>> since it takes more setup,
>>>> no, it does not. The setup is extremely simply and also well explained
>>>> on the ubuntu wiki.
>>> I would agree.  I finally switched my one app from Wine (horribly
>>> difficult
>>> to keep working, though it did work) to vmware.  Now, I'll have to
>>> recreate my vmware virtual disk every month, I think, because it won't
>>> accept my perfectly valid (OEM) Windows license, but that's less hassle
>>> than Wine.
>> It is not legally valid, since you're not using it directly with the
>> hardware it was sold with.
>>
> Yes, I am using it _directly_ with the hardware it was sold with.  Are you a
> lawyer?

No, I should have said that.  Sorry.

  I admit I'm not, but my reading of Canadian law tells me I'm very
> well within my rights to use an OEM licensed version of Windows on the same
> hardware for which that license was issued.

I don't think so.  Perhaps if you used Microsoft Virtual PC?

Matthew Flaschen

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