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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:01:06 +0200
From: Jan Marten Simons <marten@xtal.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] What can qemu do that vmware/virtual pc
	can't...article idea
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To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Udo 'Robos' Puetz wrote:
> Soo, do you have any more ideas what qemu can what the (free) alternatives
> from M$/VMWare can't?
>   
Qemu can be used without the need to install anything, which is
especially useful if you put a preconfigured OS image plus qemu 
binaries (for different host OS') and startup scripts on a dvd.
Additionally it's very nice in this context, that qemu does not need
admin/root priviledges.

hth,
Jan