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Microsoft Will Squeeze Datacenters On Price of Windows Server

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Microsoft plans to raise the price of the Datacenter edition of the upcoming R2 release of Windows Server 2012 by 28 percent, adding to what analysts call a record number of price increases for enterprise software products from Redmond. According to licensing data sheets available for download from the Windows Server 2012 R2 Website (PDF), the price of a single license of Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter will be $6,155, compared to $4,809 today—plus the cost of a Client Access Licenses for every user or device connecting to the server. News of the increase was posted yesterday by datacenter virtualization and security specialist Aidan Finn, a six-time Microsoft MVP who works for Dublin-based value added reseller MicroWarehouse Ltd. and has done work for clients including Amdahl, Fujitsu and Barclays. The increase caps off a year filled with a record number of price increases for Microsoft enterprise software, according to a Tweet yesterday from Microsoft software licensing analyst Paul DeGroot of Pica Communications."

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  1. Oh, Microsoft.... by intermodal · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's almost as if you're trying to get people to use something else.

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  2. Re:I'm not that surprised. by jaseuk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Redhat don't sell Windows licenses last time I checked.

    Jason.

  3. I must, I must increase my going bust by raymorris · · Score: 5, Funny

    I must, I must increase my going bust

  4. Poor Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They've got to pay for all of those Slates they have stuck in the warehouse.

  5. Gov Balmer by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Princess Leia: Governor Balmer, I should have expected to find you holding Gates' leash. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board.
    Governor Balmer: Charming to the last. You don't know how hard I found it, signing the order to terminate your license.
    Princess Leia: I'm surprised that you had the courage to take the responsibility yourself.
    Governor Balmer: Princess Leia, before your execution, I'd like you to join me for a ceremony that will make this game console operational. No IT department will dare oppose the Emperor now.
    Princess Leia: The more you tighten your grip, Balmer, the more data centers will slip through your fingers.
    Governor Balmer: Not after we demonstrate the capabilities of Windows 8!

    1. Re:Gov Balmer by roc97007 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Princess Leia: No! Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons, you can't possibly... Wait, nothing's happening. Isn't that supposed to be doing something?
      Governor Balmer: Give me a minute. Try the hot corner. No, the other one! Get out of the way. Desktop Mode.... WHERE THE %#@$ IS THE START MENU?

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