The VM part is to make sure businesses buy the more expensive versions, even where the cheaper ones would do. Lots of businesses rely on VMs to test software and configurations before allowing them into a production environment.
Exactly, but I am talking about running a VM on my personal laptop to test my projects (not work projects, for which I have a Windows computer at the office). Because my uses for Windows are fairly limited (and would be none if it were not a Windows-saturated world), the idea of paying an extra $100 or even $50 for "features" I don't need and the right to use it on my virtual hardware is one I resent.
I admit that part of the annoyance for me is that I feel like when I buy software, I should be able to run it on whatever I darn well please.
I was thinking they were tlaking about MS VM's are you saying this would include ESX?