>>> On 5/13/2009 at 4:28 PM, "Ward, Mike S" <[email protected]> wrote: > Since SLED is an Enterprise Desktop, does that mean you would have to > have one SLED for every user under VM?
I doubt anyone has even looked at what that pricing model would be like. If such a thing ever comes into being, I would be loathe to predict how it might turn out, or if it could even be worked out. Given that SLED is currently licensed by machine, multiple people can use one system concurrently, and only pay for one license. Same with SLES, for that matter. Unlike Windows, Linux et. al. were designed to be true multi-user systems, so sharing a single system is Just How it Works. So, there would be precedent for having it licensed either by system image, by processor, or by some other method. Again, until current circumstances begin to approach a shipping product, speculation is cheap and probably wrong. I have to say, though, I think it would be _very_ cool to have someone serving up SLED images from a System z box. Mark Post
