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Multi-Core Chips And Software Licensing
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?"
Truly sad. You will be missed.
...and all I got was this lousy "Move along, nothing to see here" message.
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Forget multi-core processors.
The final nails in the coffin for per-processor software licensing in my world were the Free Software and Open Source movements.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
I'm afraid this is not strictly on topic, but I'm hoping to attract an informed response.
Recently my department has been entertaining the purchase of one of the following machines for both data warehousing and proteomics research,
IBM: P690 - 32P , 1.9Ghz Power4, 60GB RAM
SGI: Altix 3700 - 44P, 1.3Ghz Itanium2, 60GB RAM
HP: Superdome - 40P, 1.5Ghz Itanium2, 72GB RAM
Anyone care to comment on the best choice?
Thanks.
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It's time to move to a new platform: Apple is dead.