I believe you need a separate license for each OS (although most linux version are free). CF seems to be based on physical processors, so you can run as many of them as you want on one physical machine, no matter how many virtual processors you have.
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:51 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > What about licensing? Are OS licenses based solely on physical > processors and such or would you need a separate license for each > instance of the OS that you have installed on the server? > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Everland III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 11:52 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > >Not quite sure what you mean by "hardware agnostic OS and > >software"...wouldn't > >each OS have to be just as aware of the hardware it's running on and > the > >software > >running on it? > > > >Rick > > VMWare and Microsoft emulate hardware to the OS. So no matter what kind > of machine you're on, to the OS it's the exact same machine. So if you > need to move your server instance to a beefer server that is running > VMWare or Microsoft, then nothing will change. You wouldn't have issues > with drivers, none of your software you installed that rely on hardware > will have issues. It will just work. That's one of the beauties of > virtulization. > > > > Bob > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246588 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
