Comments on: Microsoft readies for Hyper-V finale with new release candidate http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-readies-for-hyper-v-finale-with-new-release-candidate/ A SearchServerVirtualization.com blog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ASB http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-readies-for-hyper-v-finale-with-new-release-candidate/#comment-1365 ASB Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:50:12 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/03/20/microsoft-readies-for-hyper-v-finale-with-new-release-candidate/#comment-1365 So far, so good. If Hyper-V is even close to VMWare's ESX performance, then it will be an easier entry point for predominantly Windows shops -- especially when you consider the licensing implications of the VMs running on the host. That is where the real cost savings are. Also, the management platform of System Center Virtual Machine Manager is priced better than Virtual Center from VMWare. But Hyper-V will have to be good enough to be considered. As to Mr. Brennan's suggestion that it was Microsoft that started the price wars in the WP, Lotus, Harvard Graphics days, it was not. It was actually Borland that started it by offering Quattro Pro for $99 when everyone else was charging upwards of $200 for the various stand-alone products (at one time, Harvard Graphics was a robust $495). It wasn't Microsoft that started that war, and they never offered an entire suite for $99. What they did was offer a suite for what everyone else (but Borland) was charging for an individual product once Borland laid down that gauntlet. -ASB So far, so good. If Hyper-V is even close to VMWare’s ESX performance, then it will be an easier entry point for predominantly Windows shops — especially when you consider the licensing implications of the VMs running on the host. That is where the real cost savings are. Also, the management platform of System Center Virtual Machine Manager is priced better than Virtual Center from VMWare.

But Hyper-V will have to be good enough to be considered.

As to Mr. Brennan’s suggestion that it was Microsoft that started the price wars in the WP, Lotus, Harvard Graphics days, it was not. It was actually Borland that started it by offering Quattro Pro for $99 when everyone else was charging upwards of $200 for the various stand-alone products (at one time, Harvard Graphics was a robust $495).

It wasn’t Microsoft that started that war, and they never offered an entire suite for $99. What they did was offer a suite for what everyone else (but Borland) was charging for an individual product once Borland laid down that gauntlet.

-ASB

]]> By: Mike Brennan http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-readies-for-hyper-v-finale-with-new-release-candidate/#comment-1366 Mike Brennan Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:55:31 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/03/20/microsoft-readies-for-hyper-v-finale-with-new-release-candidate/#comment-1366 Microsoft's low hypervisor entry price does clearly follow their "dominatrix" method of operation. Think back to the days when Microsoft was strictly an operating system company. When they entered the word processing, spreadsheet and database market, they used a similar tactic to force the competition out of business. They put all three products together and sold the bundle that became Microsoft Office for $99.00. At the time, Word Perfect, Lotus 123, and Paradox (and their existing competitors) each sold seperately for about $150.00. Now that Microsoft dominates that space and has killed off their competitors, the price of Microsoft Office isn't $99.00 any more! Gee, Hyper-V Server for $28.00 each. Deja vu? Microsoft’s low hypervisor entry price does clearly follow their “dominatrix” method of operation. Think back to the days when Microsoft was strictly an operating system company. When they entered the word processing, spreadsheet and database market, they used a similar tactic to force the competition out of business. They put all three products together and sold the bundle that became Microsoft Office for $99.00. At the time, Word Perfect, Lotus 123, and Paradox (and their existing competitors) each sold seperately for about $150.00. Now that Microsoft dominates that space and has killed off their competitors, the price of Microsoft Office isn’t $99.00 any more!
Gee, Hyper-V Server for $28.00 each. Deja vu?

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