Greetings, all...
Here's a little nugget of news to liven up this gloomy Monday, which will be of interest to all you fans of Parallels and/or WMware and/or VirtualPC, i.e. those of you who like to run Windows under "not Windows":
Microsoft seeks premium to allow virtualization of Vista
In its licensing terms for Vista published this month, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant said users of Vista Home Premium and Vista Home Basic "may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system."
Instead, Microsoft will require that users purchase a Vista Business or Vista Ultimate license [ ... ] in order to emulate the Windows environment.
Entire article, with links to info at MS: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2164