Comments on: Redmond's virtualization shift continues

More product and pricing policy changes as Microsoft aims to adapt to a world in which software moves freely from one physical machine to another. Separately, VMware gets Microsoft certification.

[humanssssss]

I think the original term of sale for consumer based sell of Windows XP is per license. Now Microsoft wants to change existing term of sale to include per license per user. This is retroactive pricing to squeeze what is left on a dying dinosaur. The GREAT EXODUS will come as more and more applications are Windows independent. The hardware vendors who are tied to Microsoft will feel the wrath of future consumers.

[Penguinisto]

Gee, $23/year for MSFT's solution, and only if you buy into their bulk licensing program (read: $$$$)...

...versus $0.00 for VMWare Server, $0.00 for KVM and VirtualBox, and $0.00 for the existing tools to make all that happen in any infrastructure.

Sounds like a deal (not).

[Dragon Forge]

ms the dog has lost my interest. I'm not buying h/w that runs on vista - no matter what price drops and technology comes out for videocards. I was pricing everything for another system and said "to heck with it" - there is no particular application business or otherwwise that I do not have the capacity for in my xp machines. The gambit to turn gamers off the pc and get them to buy the xbox has severly backfired and I will be getting another ps3 - got everything except an xbox. I dont support amdati either since they were colluding with MS and gelded the integrity of 9x drivers and ignored support calls this last year.

Nah they can go 'there' and license whatever the heck they want - my next pc will most likely be an Apple and another lynx (LOL). even my government is staying completely away from vista - forever.