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Multi-Core Chips And Software Licensing

Posted by timothy on from the now-waitaminute-there dept.

i_r_sensitive writes "NetworkWorldFusion has an article on the interaction between multi-core processors and software licensed and charged on a per-processor basis. Interesting to see how/if Oracle and others using this pricing model react. Can multi-core processors put the final nail in per-processor licensing?"

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  1. Toast. by scowling · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, I'm looking forward to the day where you have to pay a license fee for each element in your toaster. Who needs to toast more than one slice of bread at a time, right?

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    1. Re:Toast. by AnomalyConcept · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nah. I'll just replace my heatsink/cooling element with bread on my multi-cored processor. If you had a server rack, then maybe you could flip the one on top over to toast both sides at once.

  2. Re:I doubt it by dasmegabyte · · Score: 2, Funny

    His point being:

    Many Linux afficianados don't know the first thing about the software industry or how it works.

    I thought this was fairly well communicated.

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  3. Re:I doubt it by einer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Insulting linux zealots on slashdot? Think of your karma man!

  4. Siamese Twins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are Siamese twins required to buy two tickets to the movies?

  5. Re:Per Processor -- Per Core by Znork · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fortunately, the GPL will also follow suit, offering pre-core freedom.

  6. Re:Oracle & Intel HT by ckaminski · · Score: 2, Funny

    The #1 reason I don't use PostgreSQL is because I've no idea how to make it do NT integrated logins, and because the app I use doesn't use ODBC, but the SQL API directly.

    Which sucks. I fucking hate this vendor. I wish I could spit in all their eyes and rub acid in them...

    Hey shitheads, they invented ODBC for a reason, you know!!!