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Should Dual Cores Require Dual Licenses?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the symmetrical-multi-paying dept.

sebFlyte writes "The multi-core debate continues. HP and Intel have laid into Oracle and (to a lesser extent) BEA over their their treatment of multi-core processers. Oracle's argument that 'a core is a CPU and therefore you should pay us all your money' isn't a popular one, it would seem. What does Oracle's stubbornness imply for the industry as a whole, with multicore chips coming to the fore so strongly?"

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  1. Processers? by AddressException · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not paying for any "processers"!

  2. I didn't know oracle even looked at processors by ponds · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought that they just turned you upside down and saw how much money fell out of your pockets.