Microsoft Corp., IBM and Novell Inc. last week all responded to customer calls that they adapt their licensing models to better reflect the fast-paced and ever-changing technology development world.
Microsoft will now no longer charge users of Windows Server System products in virtual machine environments licensing fees at installation but rather at the time of use, while IBM and Novell's SuSE introduced an annual subscription fee for all the servers in an IBM BladeCenter chassis running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
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