Even if "Virtual Server is now on par with ESX
performance," (which I do not believe for a second)
there is still no VMotion type ability for Virtual
Server. We would never have even considered
virtualizing in production at my company without
VMotion.
VMotion functionality will arrive Soon(tm) on VS as well. MS even told us at VMworld that such functionality was among the top priority things that would be included in VS.
The thing is. MS has just started it's marketing hype on VS and we all know how good they are at hyping their products and getting them out to the masses. They also have been giving away licenses for VS for free at several events that I've been to lately (and it's almost free if you want to buy it too). I guess we know our history in what has happened before when MS has given away their (not superiour at first) products.
That people even compare VS to ESX today is like comparing an Orange to a Lemon. GSX/VMware Server is more of a comparison even if it's a Mandarin Orange to a Orange Clementine.
I also remember an old issue between MS and Novell where
MS defended their "NT directory services" against NDS. It took some more years until they introduced AD, but by then many had already gone down the MS route from Novell to NT DS.
I'm pretty sure MS might use their marketing department for what it's worth in this battle of virtualization as well.
Lars
