Has Red Hat gone MS?

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Michael Hipp wrote:
> What's the deal with limiting the number of VMs you can run? These arbitrary
> limitations are exactly the reason some of us are trying to get away from MS.
> What's next, selling us Device CALs?
>
> "Red Hat will permit up to four virtual machines to run atop RHEL 5 Server,
> but it's adding a new product called RHEL Advanced Platform that supports
> unlimited virtual machines and includes the company's Global File System
> software."
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6166995.html

They're trying to protect their revenue stream which (used to) depend on 
the number of physical systems where the OS was installed.  Since you can 
now load up a bunch of VM's instead, it would hurt revenue.

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