![]() ![]() Are we working closely with Apple on it? Absolutely," he said. was leery of entering the market without a green light from Apple. "We've known for a long time that it was technically feasible to implement OS X in a VM." But Parallels - like its rival in the Mac virtualization market, VMware Inc. ![]() "This is the first time they've changed their EULA to allow virtualization," said Ben Rudolph, the director of communications at Parallels Inc., maker of Parallels Desktop for Mac. "You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so." "You may also install and use other copies of Mac OS X Server Software on the same Apple-labeled computer, provided that you acquire an individual and valid license from Apple for each of these other copies of Mac OS X Server Software," the new EULA reads (download PDF). ![]() The new rules don't apply to the client edition of Apple's operating system, which is still barred from being virtualized. The change in Apple's end-user licensing agreement (EULA) for Mac OS X Server 10.5 Leopard, first noticed by a system engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, permits OS X Server to run in a virtual machine (VM) as long as each VM is stocked with a different license and the physical system is Apple-made. has relaxed the licensing of its server software and will now allow users to run it in virtual machines, a sign that the company may focus more attention on the business market, said one of the companies developing virtualization software for the Mac. ![]()
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