Microsoft Flip-flopping on Virtualization License 304
Cole writes "Microsoft came within a few hours of reversing its EULA-based ban on the virtualization of Vista Basic and Premium, only to cancel the announcement at the last minute. The company reached out to media and bloggers about the announcement and was ready to celebrate "user choice" before pulling the plug, apparently clinging to security excuses. From the article, "The threat of hypervisor malware affects Ultimate and Business editions just as much as Home Premium and Basic. As such, the only logical explanation is that Microsoft is using pricing to discourage users from virtualizing those OSes. Since when is a price tag an effective means of combating malware?" Something else must be going on here."
It's obvious (Score:5, Informative)
I suspect (hope) that desperation with the lack of popularity of Vista will force Microsoft's hand.
DUPE! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Why bother? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Why bother? (Score:3, Informative)
There are however some AWESOME Linux native games:
Zsnes (every super nintendo game)
Mupen (every Nintendo 64 game)
Urban Terror (Linux Native!)
Other than those all I really miss is Grand theft Auto, which doesn't run well in virtualization anyway, and Civilization 2, which also doesn't run great virtualized, and further, is pretty damned old these days, though still more playable than civ 3 or 4.
Re:Microsof is right (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Why bother? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Why bother? (Score:2, Informative)
Nexuiz (Quake 3 clone) http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/ [alientrap.org]
Planeshift (Still in alpha stage, but it works) http://www.planeshift.it/ [planeshift.it]
Also check the package list in Ubuntu etc.
If you're looking for games that work under Wine, look no further than World of Warcraft, Oblivion, and so forth.
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Virtualization - for the OS that can't multitask (Score:2, Informative)
Yes, I know it has other uses, but the main one is to replace the hundreds of shitty little 1RU Windows boxen in the computer room
Re:Why bother? (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Virtualization - for the OS that can't multitas (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Why bother? (Score:3, Informative)
I have a few older games that I play under Cedega. When it works, it usually works pretty well.