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“IT shops that use the popular GSX Server from VMware Inc. might
be interested to learn that the company’s sales and engineering
teams are now saying the about-to-be-discontinued software was
unfit for a production environment.“At a recent VMware whistle-stop road show, Kirk Niska, a VMware
software engineer, told IT managers that GSX–which until recently
sold for roughly $3,750 for a two-CPU server–was never intended
for use in production. The company is recommending that customers
use its flagship product, ESX Server, a data-center-class virtual
server, in business-critical environments…”
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