by forwardslash

We recently told you about a virtual desktop service for iPads and other devices that seems to exist only because it breaks Microsoft's Windows licensing rules in order to provide an unbeatable price: free, with the option to upgrade to a more robust service for just $5 a month.

The hosted virtual desktop service, from gaming company OnLive, has virtualization vendors who play by Microsoft's rules seething. Instead of suing OnLive, as one might expect, Microsoft responded to criticism of OnLive's favorable arrangement with a blog post stating "We are actively engaged with OnLive with the hope of bringing them into a properly licensed scenario."