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RE: [Xen-users] How do I get Windows licenses for virtual machines?

To: "Anthony Wright" <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] How do I get Windows licenses for virtual machines?
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:28:38 +1100
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> 
> I considered two versions of windows, Windows 7 and Windows Server
2008,
> but since my software will work with either and Windows 7 comes in a
> fraction of the price of Windows Server 2008, I decided to go with
> Windows 7.

You used to be able run a single Windows 2003 Enterprise license in up
to 4 virtual machines on a single physical server. I'm not sure that
2008 Enterprise is the same, but Enterprise is nearly 5 times the price
of Standard so you wouldn't be saving anything there unfortunately.

What are your VM's going to be doing?

James

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