[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] "Bounties" on XEN to Windows2000 support
Hi, We are ready to spend more than 10.000 euros to help Xen to support Windows 2000 I have the right number? Less or more than 10.000 euros (20.000 euros?)? I asked a Microsoft sales guy about ports of Windows and got this quote forwarded from the Microsoft Research guys in Cambridge <snip> "The XenoXP work is not currently under active development. Whilst there is no *technical* reason that it can't be done (and it would actually be much easier with the new Xen hypervisor interface), there are many tricky political/legal issues. Basically it comes down to the fact that Windows activation is based on hardware signatures. Running over an open-source virtual machine this is not a meaningful thing to do. To get XP working over Xen I basically had to bypass the activation mechanisms. I know of no easy technical enforcement mechanism to prevent on copy of XP being run an arbitrary number of times. Obviously this would be a breach of the Windows license... We did spend some time with lawyers investigating ways to release XenoXP to the academic research community, but nothing came of it. The obvious direction for VirtualServer to evolve is towards paravirtualization. I believe that there will soon be an MS virtualization product which allows Windows to run very efficiently, and furthermore it will be a *supported* hardware configuration for Windows. Basically, from my own point of view there's not much more research in completing XenoXP and too many awkward business issues to sort out." </snip> Cheers, -- Peter Taphouse Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark-hosting.co.uk tel. +44 (0) 845 004 3 004 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
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