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Re: [Xen-devel] XEN and windows licensing

To: "Stan Morey" <stan.morey@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] XEN and windows licensing
From: "Jacob Gorm Hansen" <jacobg@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:55:03 +0100
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On 3/1/06, Stan Morey <stan.morey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> To run windows under XEN running on windows, I'd have to pay an extra
> windows license... is there any way to get applications to run under Xen and
> pass the windows system calls through to windows so Xen isnt running an OS
> but rather a proxy OS?

I think the short answer to your question is no. However, did you
consider ReactOS or Wine? I suppose ReactOS could be ported to run on
top of Xen, I think this was discussed at some point.

Jacob

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