On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Raymond Norton wrote:

> We would like to toy around with virtual desktops and don't want to make 
> an investment in something like VMware View . Is there an open source 
> solution that people are happy with?

I have run Virtual Box under Ubuntu to run Windows.  It worked very well. 
Just remember to not leave it running indefinitely because it eventually 
fails, just as Windows always needs a reboot, and it can mess things up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox

Mike