Linux Networks & the Competition Act (Was: Fwd: [d at DCC] Competition Act)

[Scott Elcomb]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Evan Leibovitch<evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> (4) MS EULA prohibits the insertion of virtual machine software between
>> the physical hardware and the operating system on low end OEM supplied
>> operating systems. This effectively eliminates the ability for Linux (or
>> other OSes) to compete (see point 1)
>>
> That's another substantial logic leap.
>
> You don't need a virtualization engine to replace Windows with Linux, or
> even to have them coexist on the same system.

Indeed.  Come to think of it, I've found the Cygwin and Cygwin/X
packages useful in plenty of situations where virtualization wasn't a
great option.

http://www.cygwin.com/
http://x.cygwin.com/
http://www.redhat.com/services/custom/cygwin/

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