I think the recommendation for using a VM is so that a machine used for production is not necessarily disturbed when conducting tests that may lead to crashes that have collateral damage.
And, a VM can be backed up and reconstituted more readily. I also suspect that it was written by Mac/POSIX-oriented developers who only use Windows and maybe some Linux flavors in VMs [;<). Whatever the reason, you are correct about licensing requirements for the guest OS. - Dennis PS: For Windows 10, and a VM on hardware that is capable of satisfying the Windows 10 hardware/VM requirements, you might be able to obtain a Windows Insider licensed install. You might need Windows 7 or later on the host PC though. (This arrangement may have been changed since it worked for the Windows 10 Technical Preview.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Benoit Goderre [mailto:benoit.gode...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 21:44 > To: qa@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Introduction as QA volunteer > > Nice to meet you Barinuadum! > > While the software itself is free, I believe you would need licensing > for > the OS needed when creating a VM. > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 12:16 AM, barinuadum.bariy...@outlook.com < > barinuadum.bariy...@outlook.com> wrote: > > > Hello Benoit, > > > > I believe virtual box is free. So no licensing is required. > > > > > > > > On 2/8/16, 12:14 AM, "Benoit Goderre" <benoit.gode...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >Hi! > > > > > >I am thankful for this opportunity to join the team of volunteers as > a > > >Quality Assurance Specialist. My name is Benoit Goderre and I have > four > > >years of experience in the software industry. My favorite technique > is > > >exploratory testing. > > > > > >As I wish to start to contribute to the project, I have several > questions: > > > > > > > > > 1. Is this project still going on? When I checked the QA page, I > saw > > > that the last entry was made in 2013. > > > 2. If yes, which feature(s) would need the most testing, or which > > > feature(s) have the most chances to contain bugs (so I can > contribute > > and > > > not just test rock solid, if those ever exist, features). > > > 3. Also, in the documentation section, it is mentioned that > Virtual Box > > > is recommended. While I have a decent amount of experience with > VMWare > > (and > > > I don't think Virtual Box should be much different), the usual > problem > > lies > > > in the licensing when it comes to VM. Is there some information on > this > > > topic? > > > > > >Thanks again for your time and I wish to speak with you soon. > > > > > >Best Regards, > > > > > >Benoit > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qa-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: qa-h...@openoffice.apache.org
