jmounts wrote: BTW, the above quote is complete Crap. Anyone with 2 braincells can rub them together, make a little smoke and predict EXACTLY what this licening model is going to do with curr...
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jmounts wrote: BTW, the above quote is complete Crap. Anyone with 2 braincells can rub them together, make a little smoke and predict EXACTLY what this licening model is going to do with currently deployed vSphere4 environments if/when they upgrade to the new license model. 1. More Hardware is going to be required (Hosts, to get more vRAM) 2. It's going to cost ALOT more in the long run. 3. VMware can no longer use the 'going green' statements in their products page once this license model goes live. More servers = more power requirements. 4. Vars, resellers, and partners are going to get hit the hardest with this. Oh and lets not forget #6 6. Thanks to Vmware, other competitors now have a full fledged chance to get their foot in the door and take over. Xen comes to mind, THEN (Maybe) Hyper-V. Basically, Vmware, your new license model SUCKS, and is serious limiting and needs to be changed before it goes live. You don't need more hardware, you just need the extra licenses. Unassigned licenses in vCenter will add to the vRAM pool.