MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition - free

Antony · Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 11915

Microsoft now offers Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition for free, you can download it or order it.

Antony · Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 11915

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The company had charged either $99 for up to four physical processors or $199 for an unlimited number of processors. The announcements were made in conjunction with the LinuxWorld conference in Boston this week.

Users can use Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 to run Linux.

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Don_HH2K · Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 4535

Does anybody happen to help but wonder that something's wrong with this picture -- Microsoft giving away Vista ISOs, now their virtualization software?

Nevertheless, no time like the present to give this a download to replace the non-free software I have.

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Antony · Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 11915

Microsoft sees the the threats from Linux?

Also, VMware

's VMware Server is free.

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Don_HH2K · Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 4535

The thing is... what threat? I was reading on Slashdot a day or two ago that Microsoft now had the highest share of the server market anyway.

Better idea: they're making people dependant. The next release will be insanely expensive. Take a look at what happened with Office: Small Business Edition use to be $129, now it's a whopping $249; people buy it because they're dependant on Office.

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Don_HH2K · Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 4535

I'm not going to even bother downloading it anyway -- server virtualization is different from workstation virtualization. For one, it should be noted that Virtual Server 2005 doesn't support graphical output, which doesn't exactly make it optimal for workstation use. It's possible to use Windows' built-in Terminal Services feature, though I'd rather not use that for purposes such as this.

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Pu7o · Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 1952 Location: Portugal

VMware server supports graphical output, and it works like a charm for workstation usage. (talking from self-experience)

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