This means that anyone who accesses a virtual Windows 7 desktop must also be licensed for Windows 7 to do so.  So, if you have remote users (outsourced data entry, for example) attaching to your network, they’d better have a Windows 7 license lying around.  This action essentially makes it illegal to run VNC or an RDP client on anything BUT a Windows device — and that especially includes Microsoft’s own RDP client for the Mac!

Put another way, if Microsoft wins this argument, they have the right to dictate what you can and can’t do with the software you licensed from them.  What if you decide to write a new OS using Windows and they find out about it?  They could sue you — and win.  What if you write a scathing blog post about them using IE?  ”It’s against the EULA – pay up!”

Imagine Hertz doing something like this: “Want to rent that Chevy Camaro?  You’d better own one first.”

Nope, this is wrong.  If you have to run windows, stay on XP.  Virtualize the hell out of that.  Let Microsoft hang itself.  Of course, if they had ANY sense at all, they’d virtualize Windows themselves and offer THAT as a service.

Serious just pre-install like Ubuntu with LibreOffice on the Onlive servers. Problem solved.

Or use Google Docs….

However something like Ubuntu can deliver a Desktop experience and launch most Windows apps with Wine.