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.
Will licensing costs remain the same? (Score:5, Interesting)
-Frank
Multi core processors, or multi processor cores? (Score:4, Interesting)
After all, a multi-core processor is really just multiple processors in one package, isn't it?
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Marketing Fluff (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Hurray for them! (Score:2, Interesting)
Although people are accustomed to paying per processor for servers, dual cores are another chance for Microsoft to make it seem like they have a good deal on their servers over Linux. Of course Linux is free, and if Microsoft charged for each core, that would be another reason to choose Linux. Microsoft is already facing worse and worse odds in the server market, so this is their next deffensive manuver (in addition to all the FUD with their truth about Linux garbage).
Cool, but not necessarily "good" (Score:4, Interesting)
It's already less expensive than Windows, if they charge more for dual or quad cores, the will really jack up the Windows TCO.
Microsoft is a business, they want to make money. Sometimes you can make more money by selling things at a lower price.
LK
This is why microsoft has been sucessful (Score:5, Interesting)
But microsoft is being smart and realized that 1) 1 proc 2 cores != 2 proc 1 core and 2) people will be happier upgrading their systems under this system.
Re:This has to do with Intel, not Microsoft... (Score:2, Interesting)
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
Or they could skip straight to P6 (though wasn't that the codename of the Pentium Pro core?) and put multiple Pentium M cores on one die, which would probably run even faster.
Why are they charging more for multiprocessors? (Score:2, Interesting)
Hang on! (Score:3, Interesting)
If that's the case, then there is virtually no difference!
Oracle & MS SQL Server (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:This is why microsoft has been sucessful (Score:3, Interesting)
Intel/AMD have come out and said so, but it's a pretty sure bet that they will be selling dual-core CPUs for the same price as single core CPUs today. That means the customer who buys a $2500 2-way Xeon/Opteron today will be buying a 4-way system for the same $2500 next year. Oracle is in for a shock if they think they can get away with doubling a Dell customer's licensing costs.
Micro$loth = Stupid Licensing (Score:2, Interesting)
Totally STUPID!
Re:Breaking News Bulletin (Score:3, Interesting)
They are not being nice despite having a monopoly. They are being nice in hopes of getting a monopoly.