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In anticipation of the major marketing machine and hype engine gearing up for next years Windows 2008 launch, MickeyMouseSoft
have announced a plethora of versions and licences designed entirely to confuse you …

There will be ELEVEN versions of W2k8-Server

1. Standard 32bit
2. Standard 64bit
3. Standard 64bit with Hyper-V support
4. Enterprise 32bit
5. Enterprise 64bit
6. Enterprise 64bit with Hyper-V support
7. Datacenter 32bit
8. Datacenter 64bit
9. Datacenter 64bit with Hyper-V support
10. Web 32bit
11. Database 64bit

The Hyper-V support is for virtualisation technologies, and is already a confusing area for licencing – to run a few windows VM’s on a Dual-Quadcore server currently needs about £450/month of Win2K3 licences – one per cpu, one per VM per core – so to run 3 VM’s each able to access all 8 cores requires a total of 26 licences @ £15/month each !!!

Microsoft also released the pricing list for the retail box versions, mostly averaging £2,500 a licence – watch out for the TV ads explaining how i’ll cure colonic cancer, be so easy even a feaus will be able to use it, and save you so much money over better open-source solutions that just by queuing up on launch day for 22 hours in he rain outside PC-Grotto, you’ll earn more money Donald Trump has ever seen…

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