Multi-"Machine" Activation Question: Virtual Machines

Hi,
I am developing plugins and have the need to test with a wide range of Photoshop versions on a wide range of operating systems.
At the moment I'm accomplishing this through the use of VMware virtual machines. I have a powerful 64 bit host workstation running Vista x64 and have created virtual machines for XP Pro, Vista 32 bit, Win7 RC, and Win7 retail. Virtualization saves me from having to build a lab full of test hardware.
I have the desire to test with versions 6 through CS4... I haven't yet gone through the process of installing all the versions of Photoshop on all these VMs; just a few, which is probably covered under the 2 activations limit... My question is this:
Will Adobe consider it a separate activation for each virtual machine? Can they be "sweet talked" into allowing more? I am running them all on one computer, and (generally speaking) using only one at a time.
From what I can see the software will not realize this is one and the same computer, since the virtualization environment does a good job of convincing the OS that it's a completely separate computer... I suppose I will forge ahead and call Adobe... Adobe phone contact is not touted to be much of an easy or rewarding thing from what I hear.
Any advice on how to proceed with setting up a decent testing environment to support long-term multi-platform testing would be great.
Thanks in advance.
-Noel

I would read this attached page. We are pretty much users like you and cannot speak for adobe or how they might react to your question. Calling them is the only option.
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/volumelicensing/

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