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Flying Virtually Under the VMware Price Umbrella
Aug 12, 2007, 12 :00 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (8828 reads)

(Other stories by Jeff Gould)

[ Thanks to AlexGr for this link. ]

"Everybody moans about VMware prices. I mean, they charge $6,000 for the software you need to virtualize a $3,000 server box. Talk about monopoly pricing. Microsoft and IBM only dream about it, VMware actually gets to do it. (Well, maybe Oracle kind of does too, if you're using something like RAC.)

"But seriously folks, if you were lucky enough to be in VMware's shoes, wouldn't you be doing the exact same thing? Think about it..."

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Aug 12, 2007, 17:33:50
 
VMware offers a free alternative, VMware ...   Article failed to mention that ...   
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Aug 13, 2007, 17:35:30
 
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