> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shachar Shemesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:25 AM
> To: Muli Ben-Yehuda
> Cc: Linux-IL mailing list
> Subject: Re: EULA on free software?
> 
> 
> Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 06:39:07PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I downloaded Fedora, and tried to install it on a box of 
> mine (well - 
> >>VMWare to be precise). The problem with installing it was not
> >>technical. 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Boo, real men use UML and report bugs :-) 
> >  
> >
> I realize that this was meant as a joke, but I would like to 
> make sure 
> that I'm not missing anything.
> 
> As far as I know - UML is for running an OS within an OS (and for 
> running DDD on kernel modules). VMWare is for running virutal 
> machines. 
> I was not previously even aware that I could install a Linux 
> distribution from ISO into UML. Is that at all possible?

Well, I believe (I never used UML, though) you can install Linux (not using
UML) into another set of partitions, and then use those partitions for your
UML instance. Am I mistaken in my understanding of UML?

> P.S.
> Any news on free alternatives to VMWare? Boches is so slow it 
> hurts, and 
> plex86 never left the ground, as far as I know.

Not that I know of.

I work for a mostly-M$ shop, which happens to have an MSDN site license, and
so Connectix is free to me (funny how M$'s M&As can work for you...). A
small (~1-man) shop can purchase such a license, just for the MSDN Library,
for $2K or so, and use any M$ product for a few years before M$ requires an
audit. During that time period, it's perfectly legal to install a million
instances of Connectix or Office or whatever. When the scheduled audit
arrives, you can choose if you want to continue using those products (and
upgrade the license, which will cost much more...), or just uninstall all
to-be-illegal software. A nice loophole we have here.

Shachar.


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