On Sep 26, 2011, at 11:03 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
>> I've spent a good chunk of time on the code that provisions new cloud
>> servers to make sure that Windows and Linux instances are kept on different
>> physical machines, since Windows licensing is per physical host, not per VM.
>> Otherwise, the difference would be about twice as big!
>
> Any idea was such a large difference in price?
Licensing costs, pure and simple. Windows ain't free in *any* sense of
the word.
-- Ed Leafe
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