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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. Virus? by VisceralLogic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So if *someone* were to *accidentally* release a virus that doubled the number of virtual processors (I don't know how that's done, I'm assuming it's in software), MS would be able to charge twice?

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  2. They have to do SOMETHING by kimvette · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well Microsoft obviously had to do SOMETHING to keep their revenue growing, what with OS/X server approaching a usable state and with Linux and *BSD growing rapidly in the server segment of the market.

    I for one won't be upgrading Windows any more. Linux is free, works very well, and aside from kernel/module updates does not require rebooting for most patches and configuration changes, so the only time my Linux servers see outages is when the power goes out or if I need to change hardware configuration.

    Sorry Microsoft. The _only_ reason I won't go with Windows and have been migating to Linux is your hostile anti-customer stance and polices, and this shift in your licensing policy took your anti-customer movement from bad to worse. I'm still migrating to Linux, and as soon as I find a suitable migration path for group scheduling, my Exchange 2000 server is going bye-bye and my disks/licenses will be going up on eBay (I love right of first sale. I own the media and licenses, and thus can transfer ownership, regardless of what you might think, and courts have consistently ruled otherwise to date)

    I've also been recommending the OpenOffice.org office suite to clients, even though I'd make more money on Microsoft Office, The only cost to the customer is the time to download the suite, or if they want us to install it, the time to install and to burn a CD containing the source.

    IMHO Microsoft is committing corporate suicide, albeit a long and painful one.

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  3. Re:Well... by James_Aguilar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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