VMWare support for guest OS

Hello all,
please could anyone suggest what MAC OS are supported on VMWare guest OS.
i've checked the supported guest OS list in vmware fusion, they menitoned about 150 OS which include Snow Leapord but mac desktop OS is not specifically mentioned.
i am looking to have something similar
mac mini with vmware fusion installed and would like to have mac desktop OS as guest OS
please could anyone clarify if this is supported.
regards
ravi

Hi,
currently no Mac OSX client version is supported as guest in any virtualization apps, not in VMWare nor in Parallels.
Only the OSX Snow Leopard Server is supported as guest.
Apple does not allow virtualization of OSX client version and VMWare and Parallels abide by that rule.
Regards
Stefan

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