Re: [Xen-devel] "Bounties" on XEN to Windows2000 support

[Jan Kundrát <jan.kundrat@xxxxxx>]

> 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.
"corporate key" -> no activation at all. if you work for big company and 
are deploying winXP boxes, you don't activate them...
> 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.
... and you'll have to pay them for it, of course. I have doubts if they 
would support running non-MS OSes on the top of it.


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