VMware announce a new pricing model today. I do understand why they did it I am just not sure if it was the smartest thing to do. Only time will tell.
I have been around long enough to remember Novell. My first Novell install was 2.15 far different from anything today. That is when you ran the whole server on 4MB of RAM. Not to say they have completely gone away but look at them now. When Microsoft entered the Server game everyone thought they were wasting their time. Let’s face it Novell had it all raped up. Now look at them. It was not Microsoft that kill Novell it was Novell committed suicide.
The CFO will look at the bottom line. If Microsoft can get them where they need to go for far less money who do you think will win in the long run.
I know I do not want to be running my virtual environment on a Windows platform but that might be the future. Then again there are other players. Maybe it is time to look at Xen. Not because VMware will cost more for my customers it is more will this be the start of a slow death for VMware. I hope not I love this product too much.