That's just Red Hat trying to squeeze money out of the Z/VM environment.
Now, IF the license costs per Linux IMAGE were the SAME on Intel (ie. a
single processor license is X across platforms, 2nd processor X*2) Then a
charge per individual guest would be tolerable.
And RH is not alone in this, SuSE does something similar, if less heinous.
For the 2 processor license we just bought from SuSE, on an Intel box, it
would be nearly 18X LESS per comparable object (license, maintenance) on an
2 processor Intel box.
I think it's gouging on top of gouging in RH's case
Rob van der Heij
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We were recently complaining here about Red Hat license being good for
up to 25 virtual machines. I just read that for VMWare on Intel it's
even worse:
"I'm more than willing to be overruled by someone in Red Hat Legal, but
I'm fairly certain it's one entitlement per VM, not per physical
machine. Sorry."
Rob
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