Microsoft Won't Charge More for Multicore Licenses 234
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.
Obviously (Score:2, Insightful)
But more seriously, is it a sign that MS has more benefits from this arrangement?
Virtualization (Score:5, Insightful)
Microsoft did the same with Hyperthreading (Score:5, Insightful)
Smart move (Score:5, Insightful)
Good to see that atleast MS is brave enough to go ahead and do what they will. As much as I do not like their policies, atleast they didn't sit around waiting for others to show the way.
She said IBM is in a different situation since it makes money not only from software and services but also from hardware.
Ofcourse! This would mean that IBM would take up a position that hurt's Microsoft's stance
Should prove interesting.
Common Sense (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Obviously (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Common Sense (Score:1, Insightful)
You would put this past our government?
Key MS quote shines light on thinking.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Key MS quote shines light on thinking.... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Good, less copyright violations (Score:5, Insightful)
It's not like Bill Gates is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to install Windows. If a free alternative exists, then you have no excuse - you're just freeloading scum.
Re:Breaking News Bulletin (Score:4, Insightful)
Jedidiah.
Hmmm (Score:1, Insightful)
... then again, how many M$ products can you name that DO work ?
MOD PARENT UP (Score:1, Insightful)
This has to do with Intel, not Microsoft... (Score:5, Insightful)
Intel has hit a brick wall. They're having a hard time increasing processor speeds. At some point, they'll realize that the best way to get a processing speed boost is to slap a second core in the processor and call it a Pentium 5 or Pentium 4 Ultra or something like that, and sell it in high end desktops like Alienware.
Guess what happens if Microsoft charges per core? Intel won't be too happy with them...
Re:Breaking News Bulletin (Score:3, Insightful)
The frequency speed increases seem to be slowing down. Multi core chips are the current best hope for keeping us on the upgrade cycle.
Microsoft won't charge ... (Score:3, Insightful)