VMWare has been giving their hypervisor away for free for a while now. In addition to ESXi, they have been giving VMWare server and Player away for a long time.
Im glad MS is giving it away (Dont you still need to buy an OS from them?) but Ill stick with VMware! Just my 0.02¢ Chris From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships! & a random Friday Q Perhaps not immediately, but surely many of you remember when Novell had a seemingly untouchable hold on the networking OS market? Dead horse Q of the week: If Microsoft suddenly made several poor choices and was about to go under, would the government bail it out? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships! Hmmm, I don't think that Hyper-V is going to shove VMWare out of the way, they are way to ahead of MS in virtualization at this point to even be threatened by Hyper-V. On 10/1/08, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <yawn> Shook From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships! +1 I think the whole world is about to become more virtual. Will free Hyper-V do to VMware what Internet Explorer did to Netscape? Is it déjà vu all over again? Carl From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships! Thanks, Michael. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:43 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Microsoft's Free version of Hyper-V Ships! http://www.microsoft.com/servers/hyper-v-server/default.mspx Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3493 (20081003) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
