Figured this was as good of a place as any to put this discussion out.
Effective what appears to be about Feb 10th, Sony Online has started banning accounts when it detects the presence of VMware, either Workstation or Player. The ban does not remove you from a single title, but rather the Entire SOE.com gaming family, including their web based games and sites.
This is new, since I and others have run SoE titles inside VMware products for years. While it's disturbing they are able to detect the presense of VMware in the first place, it's more disturbing they appear to be blanket banning for no offense greater than having it installed on the machine.
This effects a wide range of games, some of which are: Planetside 2, DC Universe, Everquest II, Everquest I, Wizardry Online, Bullet Run, Magic The Gathering, Free Realms, Star Wars : Clone Wars, Pox Nora, Vanguard, Legends of Norrath, Planetside, Pirates of the Burning Sea, and Payday, just to name a few.
Consider thyself warned.