Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Oct 2006 22:02 UTC
Microsoft, of all companies, continues to lead the way with free and loose licensing terms around server virtualization software and multi-core processors. As of Oct 1, Windows Server Datacenter Edition operating system customers will have the right to run "an unlimted number of virtualized Windows Server instances". This policy applies to licenses covering new servers and previous licenses upgraded with new version rights. All told, it means that you pay to run Windows Server Datacenter Edition on a server with a set number of processors and can then divvy that box up with any combination of Windows Server Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition and/or Datacenter Edition without needing to count the number of virtual machines being created or pay for extra Windows Server licenses.
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Please Microsoft breaks the law by lowering prices it to hurt the comp, it's not their business model! On top of that they lock in the OEMs etc.
Also ESX and their other datacenter products is not free and runs on their own kernel, it does not run on top of Windows. This is the key!
Anything that applies to this license must run on Windows Server Datacenter Edition. That is the catch!
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2006-06-01
Right now they want to kill VMware and Xen.
The unlimited virtualization rights applies to VMware Server on Datacenter too.
Of course, the problem with that for VMware is that they chose to give that product away.
I think its hilarious that the OSS nutbars freak when Microsoft gives anything away, when giving stuff away is the OSS pricing model.
Its kind of hypocritical.