[Gllug] Open Source lobbying meeting - UKUUG London Thurs 19th

[Alain Williams]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 02:14:46PM +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:

> Most legacy software doesn't run without a lot of tedious messing about - the 
> average slack-jaw will just assume (s)he HAS to buy the "updated" version.  
> This is obviously deliberate - MS are desperate to maintain as many revenue 
> streams as possible.  

I was referring to the non MS s/ware, although I suppose that the ISVs like selling
new versions for much the same reason that the h/ware people want to sell new hardware.

> > Yes - can't run under a VM :-(
> 
> It can - that's just a minor hack away!  However, there are ridiculous 
> hardware restrictions - you can register the same serial number three times, 
> then you have to buy another licence:  

You can't *legally* run the home editions of MS Vista under a VM:

	http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/archive/2006/10/11/Important-Windows-Vista-Licensing-Changes.aspx

> If we're somewhat lucky, get our collective acts together, get some 
> simple-to-install, reliable distros and sort out our advocacy skills, "Vista" 
> should prove to be a major FOSS promotion tool!

I hope so.

-- 
Alain Williams
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