> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of David Boyes > Sent: 07 May 2010 15:39 > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Windows Enabler Appliance on System z Now Available > > > > I guess I'm more frighten by M$ lawyers than you are....:-) > > By us going to the effort to get it to pass the Windows > Server hardware validation test, you should be on the same > footing as running it in VMWare. There are caveats to using > any virtualization solution in MS licensing for certain > applications, but they are the same conditions as you hit > with VMWare. > > You still need a valid Windows license per virtual appliance, > just like you do with VMWare. As John commented, most sites > that are into large-scale Windows stuff bought a site > license, and you report the license just like you do for > deploying it in VMWare. It's just one more Windows instance > that happens to be running on unusual hardware. > > (God, I hate comparing this to VMWare, but it's the clear > comparison that Win-weenies get.)
Can I just add one caveat. One of the types of licence Microsoft provides is an OEM licence. In the case of a desktop OS an OEM licence is NOT TRANSFERABLE and dies with the hardware its installed on. Generally if you buy a PC it has this type of licence. Other than that, as I said beforem there are very few limits about what hardware you can run the software on. Many solutions also include downgrade rights, so if you buy a current Windows Server 2008R2 licence you could install any previous version you could find the media for, I think probably as far back as NT3.51 Dave
