[TriLUG] rdesktop any good?

[Jim Ray]

Actually, that is not true. There are several flavors of Windows licenses. The OEM flavor is bound to a particular machine and cannot be moved legally.

I can neither confirm nor deny that I've seen it happen, though...

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Warren Myers
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:00 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] rdesktop any good?
> 
> If you have an XP install currently you should already have the license
> for
> it. So, if you run linux but want to put XP in your VM, you could use
> the
> license for the copy you're currently running, and then stop using the
> old
> install.
> 
> WMM
> 
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Christopher L Merrill <
> chris at webperformance.com> wrote:
> 
> > Michael Kimsal wrote:
> > > FWIW, deciding to go 'linux' doesn't have to be an all or nothing
> > option.
> > > XP works fine in vmware sessions on my laptop, and gets me around
> the
> > odd
> > > corners when I've needed to run something Windows-only.  Just some
> extra
> > > food for thought as it sounds like Windows compatibility is still a
> need
> > in
> > > your day to day life.
> >
> > Oh, yes...VMware will absolutely have to be part of the equation. Our
> > product is partially cross-platform but 97% (or more) of our users
> are
> > on Windows, so I would probably have an XP VM running most of the
> time.
> > Fortunately, my most frequently used apps are all cross-platform and
> > I've been moving in that direction for years.  Of course, if part of
> > my motivation is to stop rewarding MS with my $$$ for Windows, this
> > doesn't really help...since I'd still need to buy a Windows license.
> > To make it worse, I'd have to pay even more since it wouldn't be a
> > discounted OEM license :(
> >
> > I can dream, though.
> >
> >
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