Yeah I kind of thought the same myself. I asked the local TechNet guru about why they did not go that route and got no answer. The guy is good but my guess is they just plain did not use their brains. Of course keep in mind this was introduced at the end of sales for 2003 and before the 2008 was really going. Virtualization would most likely have made VMWare VERY happy.
Jon On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[email protected]>wrote: > If Microsoft was really on the ball, they would have taken the EBS 4 > server product model and virtualized the whole build. That way an > organization could go from their one SBS server to a single EBS server when > the time came. There is really no reason for SBS and EBS to be sold as DVDs > in a package, they should be VMs that are loaded onto a host. > > Just my opinion though, > > Tim > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 05, 2010 11:35 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead > > > > In this economy I was wondering how long before it would die. Too many > medium size businesses seem to be either downsizing or just closing shop. > Add virtualization to the mix and it was kill for the product. It was a > great idea though. > > > > Jon > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Great idea…Decent product…10 years too late. RIP > > Tim > > > > *From:* David Baca [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 05, 2010 10:57 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead > > > > wow .. that did not last very long. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Fri, March 5, 2010 8:19:15 AM > *Subject:* EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead > > http://www.microsoft.com/ebs/en/us/default.aspx > > http://blogs.technet.com/essentialbusinessserver/archive/2010/03/05/new-it-trends-bring-change-to-mid-market-product-line.aspx > http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/03/ebs-has-left-the-building.html > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
