Datacenter, Highly virtualized and software-defined datacenter environments, 16-cores: $6,155
Standard, Low density or non-virtualized environments, 16-cores: $882
Essentials, Small businesses with up to 25 users and 50 devices: $501
Still cheaper than VMWare ESXi and that doesn't include the licensing of guest operating systems. Of course didn't SCO Xenix or OpenServer once charged $1500 for an outdated TCP/IP stack?
If CIOs read headlines like this it hurts Linux sales. Microsofts old Halloween documents showed most customers for Windows Server would bulk the most with legal issues and liabilities and instead of competing traditionally against Linux, the most effective counterattack is to have FUD.
They sell licenses for $699 each. That can buy some lawyers.
Anyone besides 10 people bought them? I realized Microsoft 13 years ago funded them but ironically Windows 10 and Azure would have to pay some fees with the WSL Linux subsystem and Azure images so it would not be in there best interests for a SCO win.
My hunch is fucking thank Oracle due to the lawsuit with Android the courts have now interpreted clean room implementations and look alikes as actual derivatives. So Wine is owned by Microsoft even they didn't write it! GNUC is owned by AT&T even if they didn't write any of it. Look Linux has grep therefore it is owned by SCO etc.
I sense desperation, but Novel owns the Unix license so there is hope. This is a very very old argument and flame here from Bush's 1st term of office on slashdot. It comes to show how much corruption and problems with the legal system there is as it is unreasonable for a frivolous 15 year old lawsuit can continue.
Did you also pay them $1400 for a TCP/IP stack? Gee I have no clue why SCO Unix faded away. No idea at all how Linux possibly could have taken over with pricing strategies like that.
How? I have not seen a version of Caldera Linux (now sco) sold in a very very long time now. No one buys SCO in 2017 either. They just already have them and the servers are 30 something years old now and are bandaided together. 95% of them have been migrated to Linux or Windows Server eons ago.
Where are they getting there money from as lawsuits are certainly not cheap?
The only improvements in the UI over Win 7 are for HiDPI and touchscreens. The taskbar for multiple displays is a slight improvement too. Edge is arguably a good browser. The Linux subsystem is interesting.
Windows Consumer Experience, anti-privacy features, the lack of contrast in raised vs lowered windows, the lack of corners to grab for window resizing, the explorer window is a mash of different UI concepts, the configuration menus are decades of not-invented-here half-assed redesigns abandoned with intermediate versions of Windows.
There are lots of other features... but they're not improvements. It's mostly awkward decay from what was a pretty good UI years ago.
Win7 modernized XP, which was desparately needed (64 bit, proper access controls, security features). 10 does similar to 7, but only for HiDPI, touch, but comes at a price. Hopefully whatever follows 10 will be a bit less crap.
You can turn some of the consumer experience off now when you do a fresh install and I always enable "add colors to title bars and start menu" I HATE the white, but you can turn it off very easily. I have dark blue title and start menu on my system.
Windows 10 offers Hyper-V which is a godsend for IT professionals which no one really talks about as I have Ubuntu and FreeBSD vms for real work besides the WSL Linux subsystem. I have a love hate relationship with VMWare Workstaiton which is on life support after they outsourced the development team.:-(
I like the tiles because they have news updates and the notification center ROCKS as Windows lacked this for so long.
Last, if you use a tablet or have a laptop the Netflix, Hulu, and just kernel tuning for power saving mode are nice on the road. My Surface Pro 3 I do ebook reading and watch some movies on occasion at the airport. Try that Windows 7. Windows 10 is also more secure too. NOt nearly the improvement Vista/7 was over XP but still an improvement. Also Windows 10 has MDM mobile device management support just like your IOS or Android device which is cool if you play with Azure AD or VMWare airwatch.
These are good reasons to upgrade and I do admit it does feel like 2 interfaces are in but it is coming together.
I see people mad at Microsoft for offering free upgrades and features and this doesn't make any sense.
Windows 10 is adware/spyware. I would rather pay to be a customer than get something for nothing and be treated like crap.
I can understand if what you have works fine and you do not want to upgrade right now, but it is negligent if it is free to not consider doing it unless you plan on dumping your system for a newer one or use Linux in the next 2 years.
Two years of not being a beta tester / guinea pig seems smart to me even for those who plan on eventually downgrading to Windows 10 stalker edition. It isn't as if anyone is missing out on anything useful by not downgrading.
Yawn. FYI I bet you own a smart phone and use Chrome am I correct? Do you have updates that are less than 3 years old on your Windows 7 system? If you answer yes to any of these guess what? MS already has telemetry data anyway. I am not saying this is ok, but rather it is what it is and the data is not a keylogger.
It just says hey if you send a request via Cortana to Bing that data will be sent to us etc. I have telemetry on other products too as I like bug fixes. I can tell you Microsoft doesn't have all sorts of information on you and reads your email or looks at your porn habits. They encrypt all their drives and give accounts cryptic SUID IDs.
Now I could be in favor of laws to prevent this after Equifax but even Ubuntu keeps track of what you do if you use the Ubuntu store.
There is no technical reason to avoid change other than the time on upgrading. But software needs to be continuously updated and secured as times change and new things added. You have just slightly over 2 years before Windows 7 joins XP and Windows98 and this time they are being nice with a way out. You already have no privacy and Windows 10 has been out for over 2 years now and has stabilized greatly since 2015 which I actually went back to Windows 8.1 for a year believe it or not.
I had problems with WSUSOffline creating bSOD on systems. If update is erroring out he likely has corruption that needs to be repaired and cleaned out by running the Windows Update troubleshooter and maybe doing a SFC/Scannow for a repair
You had years to upgrade and plan and unlike XP MS gave you a free way out for over 2 years. You can easily revert back to 7 if you do not like 10 with the recovery tools on an EFI system.
You can do it this weekend and then in 2019 you can upgrade without a key as MS will have your motherboard ID registered so it is 100% free to upgrade.
I do not see Apple or Google offering free support and upgrades for 10 years on devices.
Agreed. One of those methods being to ensure that Windows 7 won't be supported with new processors. I have a strong suspicion that Neverware and chrome devices are going to become much more popular, or at least, as far as I'm concerned.
Google drops devices after 2 years. Microsoft gives you 10 years. That would be illogical unless they are very cheap disposable devices.
If you have an UEFI firmware it supportes extra partitions for recovery. If I were you I would do the free upgrade this weekend and then when it is done go into device settings -> (gear icon in start menu) -> recovery back to Windows 7.
Now you are back on 7 but have your keys saved at Microsoft so if you DO need to upgrade 2 years from now you have a free license.:-)
That is what I did as 10 was unstable in 2015. I upgraded last year with the free media creation download tool and selected" I do not have key". MS was able to activate no problem.
I look at operating systems like oil changes and maintenance. Software changes even if moores law is slowing in hardware and it is good to be prepared and if your data is important.
I run windows 7 in a VM for things that require it. Have Windows 10 in a bootable partition I upgraded to test it...it's more resource pig and UI sucks. Microsoft should just go back to the UI that has 25+ years of maturity behind it.
Funny both Windows 8 and 10 are lightning fast and boot within seconds on my home built computer vs 7. I did turn off CSM (bios emulation) and use pure EFI for fastboot. On an SSD Windows 10 is lighter and uses less battery power.
MS removed millions of line of code starting with 7 and continued to do so until 8.1 to make things faster and more power efficient. How, does the UI suck other than it looks funny?
Outside of slashdot it is not a bust. Steam says so otherwise as corporate markets react slower. Corporate upgrades are starting as you read this with new images and deployments and testing. Not everyone wants a repeat of 2014 when their XP machines suddenly became ghosted.
Yes. As I understand even right now the only way you can get it for free is to turn it on with assistance. I could be wrong, but I have not heard about the free offers in awhile.
It is wise to do it then revert back to 7 at least so your motherboard keys are saved in Microsoft's servers. This is what I did and I gradually switched to Windows 10 pro when it was ready and stable enough and I had a reason to do so. You just use the free download media creation tool and select "I don't have a key" and it will phone to MS servers. If you upgraded for free previously then it willl active without a problem.
It really is not evil like many here say it is. The start menu is usable and has interactive tiles that update with news alerts and email messages is really the only difference besides a flatter look. You can turn on colors too. Also if you have the pro version you do not have to keep blowing $$$$ for VmWare Workstation as Hyper-V is included for IT professionals and is a much better virtualizer (Workstation is not ESX by a longshot). Ubuntu and FreeBSD Vms are well supported.
I will take note if I see an angry post with your ID calling MICROSOFT EVIL FORCING ME TO UPGRADE in 2020. It is only 2 1/2 years away.
I see people mad at Microsoft for offering free upgrades and features and this doesn't make any sense. I can understand if what you have works fine and you do not want to upgrade right now, but it is negligent if it is free to not consider doing it unless you plan on dumping your system for a newer one or use Linux in the next 2 years.
Correction I meant in 6. In a bear market where do you think Wall Street will put there money? In a bear lots of money will need somewhere to go?... Not bull ( stupid Android autocorrect)
Bitcoin is a little different as it has several things going for it.
1. It is very very liquid. Which outside of accounting means you can buy or sell and convert to cash INSTANTLY! 2. Not regulated by the government 3. Anybody with a computer and buy or sell without a middle man 4. You can do transactions tax free! 5. It is cheaper and easier to transfer to different country currencies 6. We have a hot bull market with stocks right now. In a bull market where do you think Wall Street will put there money in?
My guess is Wall Street will pick a tax free non regulated place where they can move the money in seconds. Gee what could that be??
For these reasons Bitcoin is here to stay. Get used to it and stop blaming others who beat you getting rich.
$7000 a coin is cheap as when the stock market crashes the price could easily go to $50,000 a coin or more?
Will it crash? Yes. But I think 7,000 is low as for the reasons I highlight above
Bitcoin == San Francisco real estate prices. If you bought in 1970 you are rich as low prices WILL NEVER return. Yes fluctuations will happen. But all the 6 things stated above will make it a reality unlike gold. I just wish I got in earlier.
Just ask any MBA in HR or poster on ziprecruiter and they will tell you a coder with 5 years of rust experience who also has 3 to 5 years of project management experience is only between 45,000 to 57,000 a year.
Slashdot Mirror
I am in Houston and noticed websites took awhile to respond until I changed the DNS settings.
I noticed some websites took awhile to respond.
I changed my DNS settings on my router to openDNS and that helped.
They sell licenses for $699 each. That can buy some lawyers.
Noting Microsoft charges for Windows Server 2016:
Still cheaper than VMWare ESXi and that doesn't include the licensing of guest operating systems. Of course didn't SCO Xenix or OpenServer once charged $1500 for an outdated TCP/IP stack?
IBM should contersue.
If CIOs read headlines like this it hurts Linux sales. Microsofts old Halloween documents showed most customers for Windows Server would bulk the most with legal issues and liabilities and instead of competing traditionally against Linux, the most effective counterattack is to have FUD.
They sell licenses for $699 each. That can buy some lawyers.
Anyone besides 10 people bought them? I realized Microsoft 13 years ago funded them but ironically Windows 10 and Azure would have to pay some fees with the WSL Linux subsystem and Azure images so it would not be in there best interests for a SCO win.
My hunch is fucking thank Oracle due to the lawsuit with Android the courts have now interpreted clean room implementations and look alikes as actual derivatives. So Wine is owned by Microsoft even they didn't write it! GNUC is owned by AT&T even if they didn't write any of it. Look Linux has grep therefore it is owned by SCO etc.
I sense desperation, but Novel owns the Unix license so there is hope. This is a very very old argument and flame here from Bush's 1st term of office on slashdot. It comes to show how much corruption and problems with the legal system there is as it is unreasonable for a frivolous 15 year old lawsuit can continue.
Did you also pay them $1400 for a TCP/IP stack? Gee I have no clue why SCO Unix faded away. No idea at all how Linux possibly could have taken over with pricing strategies like that.
How? I have not seen a version of Caldera Linux (now sco) sold in a very very long time now. No one buys SCO in 2017 either. They just already have them and the servers are 30 something years old now and are bandaided together. 95% of them have been migrated to Linux or Windows Server eons ago.
Where are they getting there money from as lawsuits are certainly not cheap?
The only improvements in the UI over Win 7 are for HiDPI and touchscreens. The taskbar for multiple displays is a slight improvement too. Edge is arguably a good browser. The Linux subsystem is interesting.
Windows Consumer Experience, anti-privacy features, the lack of contrast in raised vs lowered windows, the lack of corners to grab for window resizing, the explorer window is a mash of different UI concepts, the configuration menus are decades of not-invented-here half-assed redesigns abandoned with intermediate versions of Windows.
There are lots of other features... but they're not improvements. It's mostly awkward decay from what was a pretty good UI years ago.
Win7 modernized XP, which was desparately needed (64 bit, proper access controls, security features). 10 does similar to 7, but only for HiDPI, touch, but comes at a price. Hopefully whatever follows 10 will be a bit less crap.
You can turn some of the consumer experience off now when you do a fresh install and I always enable "add colors to title bars and start menu" I HATE the white, but you can turn it off very easily. I have dark blue title and start menu on my system.
Windows 10 offers Hyper-V which is a godsend for IT professionals which no one really talks about as I have Ubuntu and FreeBSD vms for real work besides the WSL Linux subsystem. I have a love hate relationship with VMWare Workstaiton which is on life support after they outsourced the development team. :-(
I like the tiles because they have news updates and the notification center ROCKS as Windows lacked this for so long.
Last, if you use a tablet or have a laptop the Netflix, Hulu, and just kernel tuning for power saving mode are nice on the road. My Surface Pro 3 I do ebook reading and watch some movies on occasion at the airport. Try that Windows 7. Windows 10 is also more secure too. NOt nearly the improvement Vista/7 was over XP but still an improvement. Also Windows 10 has MDM mobile device management support just like your IOS or Android device which is cool if you play with Azure AD or VMWare airwatch.
These are good reasons to upgrade and I do admit it does feel like 2 interfaces are in but it is coming together.
I see people mad at Microsoft for offering free upgrades and features and this doesn't make any sense.
Windows 10 is adware/spyware. I would rather pay to be a customer than get something for nothing and be treated like crap.
I can understand if what you have works fine and you do not want to upgrade right now, but it is negligent if it is free to not consider doing it unless you plan on dumping your system for a newer one or use Linux in the next 2 years.
Two years of not being a beta tester / guinea pig seems smart to me even for those who plan on eventually downgrading to Windows 10 stalker edition. It isn't as if anyone is missing out on anything useful by not downgrading.
Yawn. FYI I bet you own a smart phone and use Chrome am I correct? Do you have updates that are less than 3 years old on your Windows 7 system? If you answer yes to any of these guess what? MS already has telemetry data anyway. I am not saying this is ok, but rather it is what it is and the data is not a keylogger.
It just says hey if you send a request via Cortana to Bing that data will be sent to us etc. I have telemetry on other products too as I like bug fixes. I can tell you Microsoft doesn't have all sorts of information on you and reads your email or looks at your porn habits. They encrypt all their drives and give accounts cryptic SUID IDs.
Now I could be in favor of laws to prevent this after Equifax but even Ubuntu keeps track of what you do if you use the Ubuntu store.
There is no technical reason to avoid change other than the time on upgrading. But software needs to be continuously updated and secured as times change and new things added. You have just slightly over 2 years before Windows 7 joins XP and Windows98 and this time they are being nice with a way out. You already have no privacy and Windows 10 has been out for over 2 years now and has stabilized greatly since 2015 which I actually went back to Windows 8.1 for a year believe it or not.
Except for everyone upgrading to a Ryzen system. Which is basically new everything.
Different comparison. This is more like AMD offering a free Ryzen update for Phenom II users while users are angry about it.
I had problems with WSUSOffline creating bSOD on systems. If update is erroring out he likely has corruption that needs to be repaired and cleaned out by running the Windows Update troubleshooter and maybe doing a SFC /Scannow for a repair
Hit the Windows Key and type in "Troubleshoot". The Troubleshooting utility can fix problems with Windows Update. Give that a try?
You had years to upgrade and plan and unlike XP MS gave you a free way out for over 2 years. You can easily revert back to 7 if you do not like 10 with the recovery tools on an EFI system.
You can do it this weekend and then in 2019 you can upgrade without a key as MS will have your motherboard ID registered so it is 100% free to upgrade.
I do not see Apple or Google offering free support and upgrades for 10 years on devices.
Agreed. One of those methods being to ensure that Windows 7 won't be supported with new processors. I have a strong suspicion that Neverware and chrome devices are going to become much more popular, or at least, as far as I'm concerned.
Google drops devices after 2 years. Microsoft gives you 10 years. That would be illogical unless they are very cheap disposable devices.
EOL is just 2 1/2 years away.
If you have an UEFI firmware it supportes extra partitions for recovery. If I were you I would do the free upgrade this weekend and then when it is done go into device settings -> (gear icon in start menu) -> recovery back to Windows 7.
Now you are back on 7 but have your keys saved at Microsoft so if you DO need to upgrade 2 years from now you have a free license. :-)
That is what I did as 10 was unstable in 2015. I upgraded last year with the free media creation download tool and selected" I do not have key". MS was able to activate no problem.
I look at operating systems like oil changes and maintenance. Software changes even if moores law is slowing in hardware and it is good to be prepared and if your data is important.
I run windows 7 in a VM for things that require it. Have Windows 10 in a bootable partition I upgraded to test it...it's more resource pig and UI sucks. Microsoft should just go back to the UI that has 25+ years of maturity behind it.
Funny both Windows 8 and 10 are lightning fast and boot within seconds on my home built computer vs 7. I did turn off CSM (bios emulation) and use pure EFI for fastboot. On an SSD Windows 10 is lighter and uses less battery power.
MS removed millions of line of code starting with 7 and continued to do so until 8.1 to make things faster and more power efficient. How, does the UI suck other than it looks funny?
Outside of slashdot it is not a bust. Steam says so otherwise as corporate markets react slower. Corporate upgrades are starting as you read this with new images and deployments and testing. Not everyone wants a repeat of 2014 when their XP machines suddenly became ghosted.
Yes. As I understand even right now the only way you can get it for free is to turn it on with assistance. I could be wrong, but I have not heard about the free offers in awhile.
It is wise to do it then revert back to 7 at least so your motherboard keys are saved in Microsoft's servers. This is what I did and I gradually switched to Windows 10 pro when it was ready and stable enough and I had a reason to do so. You just use the free download media creation tool and select "I don't have a key" and it will phone to MS servers. If you upgraded for free previously then it willl active without a problem.
It really is not evil like many here say it is. The start menu is usable and has interactive tiles that update with news alerts and email messages is really the only difference besides a flatter look. You can turn on colors too. Also if you have the pro version you do not have to keep blowing $$$$ for VmWare Workstation as Hyper-V is included for IT professionals and is a much better virtualizer (Workstation is not ESX by a longshot). Ubuntu and FreeBSD Vms are well supported.
I will take note if I see an angry post with your ID calling MICROSOFT EVIL FORCING ME TO UPGRADE in 2020. It is only 2 1/2 years away.
I see people mad at Microsoft for offering free upgrades and features and this doesn't make any sense. I can understand if what you have works fine and you do not want to upgrade right now, but it is negligent if it is free to not consider doing it unless you plan on dumping your system for a newer one or use Linux in the next 2 years.
But which numbers did he use? Bitcoin mining on a CPU or GPU, or with custom ASICs?
Not if YOU pay for the electrical cost
This is a job for liars. Only the people who claim 10 years of experience will be hired.
I have a team in Bangalore who has 10 years experience
Correction I meant in 6. In a bear market where do you think Wall Street will put there money? In a bear lots of money will need somewhere to go? ... Not bull ( stupid Android autocorrect)
Bitcoin is a little different as it has several things going for it.
1. It is very very liquid. Which outside of accounting means you can buy or sell and convert to cash INSTANTLY!
2. Not regulated by the government
3. Anybody with a computer and buy or sell without a middle man
4. You can do transactions tax free!
5. It is cheaper and easier to transfer to different country currencies
6. We have a hot bull market with stocks right now. In a bull market where do you think Wall Street will put there money in?
My guess is Wall Street will pick a tax free non regulated place where they can move the money in seconds. Gee what could that be??
For these reasons Bitcoin is here to stay. Get used to it and stop blaming others who beat you getting rich.
$7000 a coin is cheap as when the stock market crashes the price could easily go to $50,000 a coin or more?
Will it crash? Yes. But I think 7,000 is low as for the reasons I highlight above
Bitcoin == San Francisco real estate prices. If you bought in 1970 you are rich as low prices WILL NEVER return. Yes fluctuations will happen. But all the 6 things stated above will make it a reality unlike gold. I just wish I got in earlier.
Sexism is rampant in every field. 50% of all women have been assaulted and 1/3 raped according to statistics
Sure there are.
Just ask any MBA in HR or poster on ziprecruiter and they will tell you a coder with 5 years of rust experience who also has 3 to 5 years of project management experience is only between 45,000 to 57,000 a year.