Microsoft Won't Charge More for Multicore Licenses

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:19PM from the great-order-up-a-few-dozen-cores dept.

esimp writes "According to technewsworld: 'As servers with dual-core processors come closer to hitting the market, Microsoft announced today it will not base its per-processor software licensing charges on the number of cores in a chip, sticking to the traditional price per processor, regardless of its number of cores." Update: 10/20 00:37 GMT by T : One of the identical links to TechNewsWorld's story has now been deleted.

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Both links are the same! (Score:5, Funny)

by byolinux ( 535260 ) * writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:21PM (#10570531) Journal

Who actually monitors the 'daddypants' account anyway? I know the number of times I've bothered to report errors has been greater than the number of replies I've got or number of errors fixed (ie. none)

Anyway, um, lovely that Microsoft aren't charging for multicore licenses. I'm still amazed they even charge for SMP licenses.

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Hurray for them! (Score:3, Funny)

by codepunk ( 167897 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:22PM (#10570538)

I bet debian does not charge more either. Oh hell I am willing to go out on a limb and suggest that Red Hat will probably not either.

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Very similar indeed... (Score:5, Funny)

by AndyCampbell ( 801057 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:22PM (#10570539) Homepage

That story on technewsworld is very similar indeed to the story on technewsworld.

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In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

by stienman ( 51024 ) writes: <adavis&ubasics,com> on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:23PM (#10570543) Homepage Journal

In other news, computer manufacturers report sales of multi processor single core machines are down, while customers are clamoring for multi core single processor machines.

MS is expected to revise it's statement tomorrow.

-Adam

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Breaking News Bulletin (Score:5, Funny)

by Shakrai ( 717556 ) * writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:23PM (#10570546) Journal

Major US Company with virtual monopoly on product decides not to screw over customers. Details to follow.

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Bummer (Score:5, Funny)

by timeOday ( 582209 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:25PM (#10570564)

Admit it, we Penguinistas are dissapointed :)

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Re:In other news... (Score:3, Funny)

by Jeff DeMaagd ( 2015 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:28PM (#10570588) Homepage Journal

There aren't any commercially available multicore computers that run a Microsoft operating system. This is a bit forward-looking as dual core won't be available for maybe a year anyway.

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In related news (Score:5, Funny)

by thisissilly ( 676875 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:30PM (#10570599)

I heard that Linux will charge TWICE the current amount as much for Multicore GPL licenses. :)

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Thank God (Score:5, Funny)

by bigberk ( 547360 ) writes: <bigberk@users.pc9.org> on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:30PM (#10570603)

Not charging per core, whew, thus reducing our enterprise's total [kernel.org] cost [freebsd.org] of [openbsd.org] operation [netbsd.org]!

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Re:More evidence of the Microsoft monopoly... (Score:3, Funny)

by ctr2sprt ( 574731 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:35PM (#10570641)

...What?

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Re:Hurray for them! (Score:4, Funny)

by zx75 ( 304335 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:39PM (#10570678) Homepage

Oh yeah? Well I bet they'll both charge double what they're currently charging and we'll see whose right!

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Re:Frankly (Score:3, Funny)

by BarryNorton ( 778694 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:39PM (#10570679)

Indeed. Microsoft invented this. The good thing about mainframes was no matter how powerful the machine the cost for software was the same...

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Re:More evidence of the Microsoft monopoly... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:40PM (#10570681)

Have you tried running ms-dos 1.0 modern machine? Using 5.25inch drives i'm able to boot to dos 1.1 (now with graphics) but forget about HD access.

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Re:Hurray for them! (Score:4, Funny)

by RAMMS+EIN ( 578166 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:40PM (#10570682) Homepage Journal

Actually, Debian charges twice as much for dual cores. Quadruple cores will receive a discount, and only cost 3.95 times 0.

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You Daft Bugger! (Score:2, Funny)

by ackthpt ( 218170 ) * writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:42PM (#10570702) Homepage Journal

Who actually monitors the 'daddypants' account anyway? I know the number of times I've bothered to report errors has been greater than the number of replies I've got or number of errors fixed (ie. none)
You daft bugger! Wasn't it obvious? They're both on the same core!
Anyway, um, lovely that Microsoft aren't charging for multicore licenses. I'm still amazed they even charge for SMP licenses.
Discount on bugs donchaknow.

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Re:Both links are the same! (Score:5, Funny)

by arcanumas ( 646807 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:47PM (#10570750) Homepage

It's a dual core article :)

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Re:What's today's date? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:50PM (#10570772)

{and if the mods mark this informative i'll kill my self}

Lucky for you I don't have mod points at the moment, then.

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This just in... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anita Coney ( 648748 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:50PM (#10570776) Homepage

General Motors has decided to charge the same price whether you drive on two or four lane highways.

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Re:Microsoft did the same with Hyperthreading (Score:4, Funny)

by say ( 191220 ) writes: <<on.hadiarflow> <ta> <evgis>> on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:51PM (#10570787) Homepage

I think he ment deep as an abyss. Which is an interesting use of the english language.

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Re:Very similar indeed... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:54PM (#10570805)

Looks like the editors decided to simplify things and just put the dupe in the same story as the original, rather than creating a separate article.

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in other news... (Score:4, Funny)

by pizza_milkshake ( 580452 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:55PM (#10570809)

in other news, Microsoft is switching to a per-transistor licensing scheme.

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A sigh of relief... (Score:5, Funny)

by ConceptJunkie ( 24823 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @07:59PM (#10570840) Homepage Journal

A sigh of relief rose from the collective pirates of the world, who realized they would not have to spend the extra half-hour hacking Microsoft OS activation for machines with multi-core processors and could instead catch a Simpsons rerun.

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Re:Hurray for them! (Score:4, Funny)

by ConceptJunkie ( 24823 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @08:01PM (#10570856) Homepage Journal

What, do they run their billing software on an old Pentium?

SCO likewise will charge twice as much for Linux running dual-core processors, which means they will also receive 2 times 0 for each copy of Linux.

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Re:Obviously (Score:4, Funny)

by Kehvarl ( 812337 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @08:05PM (#10570878)

You forgot about SCO. $699 per procesor, what a highway robbery.

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Re:Breaking News Bulletin (Score:3, Funny)

by NanoGator ( 522640 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @08:15PM (#10570964) Homepage Journal

"Major US Company with virtual monopoly on product decides not to screw over customers."

Slashdotters are still racking their brains trying to rationalize how this is proof MS is evil!

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Re:Very similar indeed... (Score:3, Funny)

by sulli ( 195030 ) * writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @08:32PM (#10571095) Journal

Just like slashdot!

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Maybe I should ask for a discount... (Score:2, Funny)

by stonedyak ( 267348 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @08:50PM (#10571206)

Dammit, and here I am paying $699 for *each* CPU! I feel like I'm being totally ripped off. Maybe I should ask SCO for a discount?

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Choose! (Score:4, Funny)

by Sampy ( 213238 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @09:03PM (#10571270) Homepage

Update: 10/20 00:37 GMT by T: One of the identical links to TechNewsWorld's story has now been deleted.

Yes, but can you guess which one?

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Re:Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)

by sharkey ( 16670 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @09:25PM (#10571412)

then again, how many M$ products can you name that DO work ? :)
Windows 95 (all CD editions)
Windows 98
Windows 98se
Windows Me
Windows NT4
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Office 95
Office 97
Office 2000
Office XP
Office 2003
SQL Server 6.5
SQL Server 7
SQL Server 2000
Exchange 5.5
Exchange 2000
SNA Server 2.0
Publisher 98
Publisher 2000
Project 98
Project 2000
SMS 2
SMS 2003

All do a fabulous job of preventing rings from forming on my coffee table.

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Re:Will licensing costs remain the same? (Score:2, Funny)

by LiquidCoooled ( 634315 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @09:44PM (#10571515) Homepage Journal

Of course licensing costs won't change.

The new contracts will be EXACTLY the same price, except they will now only last 6months ;)

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But if I rip a CD or DVD on a system with (Score:5, Funny)

by multiplexo ( 27356 ) * writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @10:27PM (#10571790) Journal

a multi-core CPU how many pirate burners will the RIAA / MPAA count it as?

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Sad news. (Score:5, Funny)

by Fortress ( 763470 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @10:29PM (#10571810) Homepage

Slashdot readers today mourn the death of their longest standing member, Anonymous Coward. Loved ones say he was driven to suicide by repeated +1 Informative moderation. Cause of death was self-inflicted registration. His fortune of karma, mostly gained from posting the full text of articles from slashdotted servers, is held up in court as no legal will was on record.

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Re:Obviously (Score:2, Funny)

by Stevyn ( 691306 ) writes: on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @10:44PM (#10571911)

These $699 comments are still being modded up as funny? I think the goatse guy engulfing Soviet Russia while claiming all 640K of your base is his as he spends 48 hours compiling gentoo would be funnier.

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Re:What's today's date? (Score:2, Funny)

by jack_csk ( 644290 ) writes: on Wednesday October 20, 2004 @12:22AM (#10572456)

Mr. Coward, perhaps Clippy [vaxer.net]can help you out.

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Not dead yet! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday October 20, 2004 @02:15AM (#10573074)

But I feel deep shame for getting +5 informative on something so obvious. Almost as shameful as the mods who modded up such an obvious attempt at karma whoring. lol

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Both links are the same! (Score:5, Funny)

Hurray for them! (Score:3, Funny)

Very similar indeed... (Score:5, Funny)

In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

Breaking News Bulletin (Score:5, Funny)

Bummer (Score:5, Funny)

Re:In other news... (Score:3, Funny)

In related news (Score:5, Funny)

Thank God (Score:5, Funny)

Re:More evidence of the Microsoft monopoly... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Hurray for them! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Frankly (Score:3, Funny)

Re:More evidence of the Microsoft monopoly... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Hurray for them! (Score:4, Funny)

You Daft Bugger! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Both links are the same! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:What's today's date? (Score:2, Funny)

This just in... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Microsoft did the same with Hyperthreading (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Very similar indeed... (Score:5, Funny)

in other news... (Score:4, Funny)

A sigh of relief... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hurray for them! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Obviously (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Breaking News Bulletin (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Very similar indeed... (Score:3, Funny)

Maybe I should ask for a discount... (Score:2, Funny)

Choose! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Will licensing costs remain the same? (Score:2, Funny)

But if I rip a CD or DVD on a system with (Score:5, Funny)

Sad news. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Obviously (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What's today's date? (Score:2, Funny)

Not dead yet! (Score:1, Funny)

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