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to: Mike N.
from: Mike N.
date: 2006-07-17 20:15:30
subject: Re: VMware free stuff

From: Mike N. 

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:30:45 -0400, Mike N.  wrote:

>But the payback is low - the only
>people able to afford the extra Windows Licenses at $279/VM will be
>developers; relatively few additional breakins.

  Update here - with Virtual PC being free, and extra Windows VM licenses
being free, there will be a larger motivation for hackers to make the
effort to break out of a VM.

http://news.com.com/Putting+a+price+on+a+virtual+computer/2100-7339_3-6094502.h
tml?tag=fd_carsl

"In a major shift for Microsoft, the company decided last week to
allow business customers to run up to four instances of Windows on the same
PC. "

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