How can I virtualize snow leopard in Lion?

I heard there is a way to run snow leopard alongside lion so i can run my powerpc applications

The makers of virtualization software do not support Snow Leopard, only Snow Leopard Server. 
But it is possible to bypass this and force an installation of Snow Leopard into a virtual machine on a Lion Mac. I have heard of people who have done this with VirtualBox. It's not the easiest thing to do, but it can be done. You'll have to Google for the methods.
Just make sure you follow all the licensing terms - only install one copy of Snow Leopard in the VM, make sure you have no other copies of Snow Leopard running simultaneously under the same machine, and make sure you have valid licenses for both Snow Leopard and Lion.
Don't worry about the numerous claims that you will undoubtedly hear that "Snow Leopard is not licensed to be run under virtualization under Lion." They are myths.

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