Hyper-V Released. Yahoo reports price is $28. Yeah, right!
Microsoft announced the release of Hyper-V today six weeks ahead of schedule. Originally expected to be released in August, news of the much anticipated virtualization platform’s general availability is all over the Internet. In an article on Yahoo News, Jim Finkle reports that Microsoft is charging $28 per server. Although technically the correct cost for the hypervisor if the Server 2008 operating system is already owned, the article, Microsoft starts selling rival to VMware programs, is a shining example of the marketing spin capable of Microsoft.
“Microsoft says it charges $28 per server for its software, dubbed Hyper-V, which was put up on its website for download on Thursday. The company previously said it would make the product available in August.
VMware said it charges $495 for the most comparable software in its product line, which is known as ESXi.”
A more realistic comparison price for the IT department deciding to implement Hyper-V can be found at Newegg.com.
$699
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June 26th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Isn’t this a bit like saying that gas costs $20,000 a gallon because you need a car first?
June 26th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Actually,
I can put gas in a mower or a weedeater, or even a remote control car. I can’t put Hyper-V in anything but Windows Server 2008 64-Bit.
June 26th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
The more appropriate simile would be to say you can buy a new car for $68 (17 gallons of gas at $4 per gallon)
June 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Another perfect example of Microsoft’s Marketing and Publicizing Gimmick. How many havent we seen from it. They just keep coming and so called GOODIES will suface once we start using the poduct. I dont want to sound like a MS basher;But, I really dont have confidence in its HYPER-V or HYPE-V (thats how I would prefer to call) and wouldn expect it to fall way behind VMware’s ESX server in the benchmark tests or in the production when its really being hit. MS should concentrate on fixing Vista and bringing back the Crown Jewel Windows XP, which happens to be the only product which is the only reliable in its product line till date.