Hahaha, true! Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE
Thumb-typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. Please excuse brevity and any misspellings. On Aug 3, 2011 6:01 PM, "Gary Slinger" <[email protected]> wrote: > I like how their competition will have been spooling up marketing campaigns to capitalize on this, and are now going 'oh, crap..." :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Andrew S. Baker" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 17:58:02 > To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Fw: VMware vSphere 5 Licensing and Pricing Update > > Yep, I need to review it this week... > > I like how all these companies can spin "We just through up a dumb idea and > now have to backtrack" to "we listened to our customers and partners, and > decided to refine a few things..." > > * * > > *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Gary Slinger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Now that it's public, this may be of interest, given the gnashing of teeth >> recently. >> >> G >> >> ------Original Message------ >> From: The VMware Team >> To: Gary Slinger >> ReplyTo: The VMware Team >> Subject: VMware vSphere 5 Licensing and Pricing Update >> Sent: Aug 3, 2011 17:40 >> >> View this email on mobile devices | View the online version >> VMware vSphere 5 Licensing & Pricing Update Dear VMware Partner, >> On July 12, 2011, VMware announced our new Cloud Infrastructure Suite. The >> launch featured vSphere 5, the newest version of our flagship product. >> As many of you know, as part of this announcement, we introduced changes to >> the vSphere licensing model in order to align costs with the benefits of >> virtualization rather than with the physical attributes of individual >> servers. While our goal was to provide a licensing model based on >> consumption and value rather than physical components and capacity, we >> strived to make the new model as non-disruptive as possible. >> These changes generated much debate in the blogosphere, in conversations >> with our partners and customers, and across VMware communities. Some of the >> discussion had to do with confusion around the changes. We have been >> watching the blog commentaries carefully, and we have been listening to the >> partner and customer conversations very intently. A great deal of feedback >> was provided that examined the impact of the new licensing model on every >> possible use case and scenario, and equally importantly, reflected our >> partners’ and customers’ intense passion for VMware. >> Our success depends on the active involvement of our channel partners. We >> are a company built on partner and customer goodwill, and we’ve taken your >> feedback in earnest. Our primary objective is to do right by our customers, >> so we are announcing three changes to the vSphere 5 licensing model that >> address the most recurring areas of your feedback. >> • We’ve increased vRAM entitlements for all vSphere editions, including >> the doubling of the entitlements for vSphere Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. >> This change addresses concerns about future-looking business cases that were >> based on future hardware capabilities and the previous vSphere licensing >> model. Below is a comparison of the previously announced and the new >> vSphere 5 vRAM enti >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
