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Microsoft Adopts Virtual Licenses

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the but-i-virtually-paid-for-it dept.

* * Beatles-Beatles is one of many to let us know that Microsoft has changed how they handle licensing for Windows Server and related products with regards to virtual machine environments. The new regiment will allow per-processor licensing to be handled based on the number of virtual processors rather than the number of physical processors in the computer.

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  1. Re:Great! by isotope23 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "This means they'll be accepting virtual money, right?"

    Yeah, they're called federal reserve notes....

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  2. 1 Copy != 1 Price ? by eikonos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why does one copy of Windows cost more if you have more CPUs, since it's still only one copy of Windows? That's like buying a whole pizza where the price is based on the number of slices it's cut into. A pizza cut into 6 slices would cost $6, but the same pizza cut into 10 slices would cost $10.
    It really should be 1 CD & 1 Product Key = 1 price.