So what do the proponents of Oracle's acquisition of Sun think now? [LWN.net]

So what do the proponents of Oracle's acquisition of Sun think now?

Posted Aug 22, 2010 12:53 UTC (Sun) by foom (subscriber, #14868)
In reply to: So what do the proponents of Oracle's acquisition of Sun think now? by FlorianMueller
Parent article: Oracle sues Google over use of Java in Android (ars technica)

I believe the "Home" (cheapest) editions of windows have a license which prohibits the use of them in any virtualized environment. They want you to buy the next tier up if you're doing something complex like running in a VM instead of bare hardware.

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So what do the proponents of Oracle's acquisition of Sun think now?

Posted Aug 22, 2010 12:57 UTC (Sun) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048) [Link]

I believe the "Home" (cheapest) editions of windows have a license which prohibits the use of them in any virtualized environment. They want you to buy the next tier up if you're doing something complex like running in a VM instead of bare hardware.

Thanks. There are always new things one can learn here on LWN :-)

From a competition point of view, I wouldn't be concerned about that. It seems reasonable to me based on how you describe it.

Since z/OS is by definition the opposite of a "Home" operating system, this kind of distinction is a non-issue for the mainframe matter then. But it's good to know.