Giles,
Your link is for Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, not Windows 7. This is the
problem with Microshit products, you need a bank of lawyers to figure it
out. Even the server wording is vague "up to four instances", what exactly
does that mean. And what about running 4 instances of Server 2008 on a
Linux box, do I only need just one license? I doubt it.
Gerry
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Giles Coochey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 29/03/2012 13:28, Gerard Arthus wrote:
>
>> Richard,
>> While I disagree with this, Microsoft considers the instance that the
>> machine is running on, technically, running a Vbox running Windows 7 on a
>> host machine running windows 7 would need two licenses. Otherwise I could
>> run an unlimited number of servers using MS Windows 2008 on a cluster and
>> only pay for one license. This is why I am constantly talking about why
>> modern copyright, especially concerning software is out of date.
>>
>> Gerry
>>
> Will you please stop spreading ms-information about the licensing vagaries.
>
> For Windows Server:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/**licensing/about-licensing/**virtualization.aspx<http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/virtualization.aspx>
>
> For information regarding your specific Microsoft Licensing go here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/**About/Legal/EN/US/**
> IntellectualProperty/UseTerms/**Default.aspx<http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/UseTerms/Default.aspx>
>
> In most cases you do not need a further license for running the same
> version of Windows as what your PC was purchased with (OEM).
>
>
>
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