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August 19, 2008
Virtual Appliances Cause Software License Confusion
Licensing has been an issue in virtualization ever since virtual servers began multiplying the number of operating systems and applications that could run on physical servers. Virtual appliances -- preconfigured packages of the application and OS that can run on either physical servers or virtual machines -- are causing some confusion by increasing the amount of software that runs on a network, often without processes designed to prevent license violations.
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