Archive for January, 2006

January 27, 2006 · 1 Comment

Sun SPARC hardware to get virtualization for multiboot while looking at Xen

Sun Microsystems later this year will introduce virtualization technology to let its newest Sparc-based servers run multiple operating systems simultaneously, thus catching up to a feature already built into Unix machines from rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard. … This calendar year, …

Microsoft Longhorn Datacenter Server will have no virtualization licensing costs

January 12, 2006 · No comments

Today virtualization is expensive for licensing. Microsoft asks people to license every OS installed on virtual machines, even if powered off. But something is changing. Since the release of