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Windows XP In a Browser

Posted by timothy on from the where-it-belongs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "JPC — the pure java PC emulator — has now been upgraded to JPC2, and can run WindowsXP inside the Java Applet sandbox."

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  1. Wow, that sounds painful by jandrese · · Score: 5, Funny

    I assume this is for those times where you want your Core i7 machine to run like a 486?

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  2. Licensing issue? by Xocet_00 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This has to violate the license terms of XP.

    1. Re:Licensing issue? by rbrausse · · Score: 4, Informative

      no, according to the EULA you are allowed to:

      You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Product on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device (“Workstation Computer”).

      I don't see any rationale why a virtualized environment isn't accepted as a computer - but you need for every instance a own XP license.

      If I remember correctly the EULA of Windows Vista (excluding Ultimate) forbade virtualization.

    2. Re:Licensing issue? by blair1q · · Score: 4, Informative

      You don't purchase software. You purchase a software license. And a copy of the licensed software. You can sell the copy, but with it goes the license. This is an argument that was resolved in the licensor's favor half a century ago.

  3. Yo dawg by logjon · · Score: 4, Funny

    We heard you like bloat, so we put bloat in your bloat so you can wait while you wait.

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  4. Re:How deep can it go? by davidbrit2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's like Matryoshka dolls, but each one has more devastating genetic deformities than its container. The one in the middle looks like the love child of the California Raisins and ET.