Home Editions Of Windows Vista Won't Run On Mac Or Linux Virtual Machines

[Chad Leigh]

On Feb 2, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote:

> On 2/2/07, Chad Leigh <chad at objectwerks.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2007, at 3:35 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote:
>>
>> > On 2/2/07, Chad Leigh <chad at objectwerks.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'd like to read the actual EULA.  The EULA that was posted for  
>> VIsta
>> >> last Fall did not actually say that.  It said that you could  
>> not boot
>> >> it in emulated environments running under Vista.
>> >
>> > Actually what is said didn't clearly state that... it left a lot  
>> open
>> > to interpretation and only when favoring a liberal  
>> interpretation of
>> > the EULA could you read it they way as you stated.
>>
>> It was pretty clear that you couldn't run it in a virtual machine
>> running on the "licensed device."  The "licensed device" was defined
>> as the machine that Vista was installed on.  Since my Mac running OS
>> X does not run Vista, it cannot be considered the "licensed device."
>
> Again a liberal reading of it...

I don't see what is liberal about it.  MS cannot call my Mac a  
licensed device since I have not installed their SW on it.      
Running in a VM is not the same as running on the device itself.   
They would be hard pressed to win this in court based on the EULA  
from last Fall.  (Again, they may have corrected that in the released  
one)

Chad

>
> -Shawn