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Microsoft takes stand on 'Virtual' licensing | |
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| Time: 10:53 EST/15:53 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: John Quigley | ||
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Microsoft is taking a stand on an emerging technology that threatens to reshape software pricing models. The company on Monday is expected to detail changes to its server product licensing to better accommodate virtualization software, an emerging technology that big companies are eyeing as a way to consolidate servers and cut costs. Advocates argue that virtualization lets companies reduce the number of servers they need by letting jobs run more efficiency on a smaller number of machines. Virtualization software such as Microsoft's Virtual Server, EMC's VMware and XenSource's Xen lets a server simultaneously run multiple operating systems, or multiple instances of the same operating system. Each instance essentially behaves as a self-contained computer. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at 10/10/2005 3:45:56 PM |
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I hope folks aren't expecting a price break on this...
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| #2 By 32132 (207.6.54.19) at 10/10/2005 6:42:06 PM |
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I wasn't expecting a price break, but surprise, surprise, we'll get one:
"Therefore, we now have a policy for Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition that allows customers to run up to four running virtual instances on one server at no additional cost. And we’ll go further with the Datacenter Edition of Windows Server "Longhorn," the code name for the next version of Windows Server, by allowing customers to run unlimited virtual instances on one server at no additional charge." |
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