Virtual Licensing 101

Who Wants a Licensing Advisor?

Canadian IT Professionals — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:42:53 GMT

I do! I am the first to admit that licensing can be really confusing but there are some tools that can

re: Virtual Licensing 101

Rodney Buike — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:32:02 GMT

No confusion, no CPU counting with Windows either as all our virtualization solutions are free. We also support Linux VMs (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/virtualserver/downloads/linuxguestsupport.mspx) and even include free VM licenses with Server OS licenses. And let's not forget that most major Linux vendors also charge for their products :)

Again, it is all about choice! The same reasons we have Microsoft, RedHat, SuSe are the same reasons we have Ford, GM and Toyota or Intel, AMD and PowerPC. It is all about giving people choices and letting them decide what's best for them.

Rodney Buike

IT Pro Advisor

re: Virtual Licensing 101

David F. Skoll — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:55:33 GMT

Avoid the issue entirely: http://www.linux.org.

No confusion. No CPU counting. No virtualization issues. Just simplicity and freedom.

Alas, no fancy licensing videos, though.

Windows Virtualization Licensing

Canadian IT Manager — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:58:19 GMT

Thinking about virtualizing some of your servers but confused about licensing? You're not alone. My colleague,