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Since we're doing more low power cores nowadays, maybe Microsoft should charge per watt? ;)
by richdougherty 9y ago
Since we're doing more low power cores nowadays, maybe Microsoft should charge per watt? ;)
- gfody 9y agoI would totally get behind that, especially if it could be actual wattage used and not just based on the tdp of the CPU. Nothing sucks more than having to pay huge money for servers that are sub 5% utilization because you're trying to have some headroom.
- stefs 9y agoand from time to time a MS sales rep drops by and measures your power consumption to recalculate cost. or maybe have a power consumption tracking dongle that sends the information back to MS for billing while the MS techs just check if those are connected to the correct machine.
- richdougherty 9y agoGreat ideas!
- mtgx 9y agoWasn't the fact that Microsoft began charging per processor, one of the reasons the antitrust lawsuit against it started? But these days Microsoft is also beginning to exclude third-party browsers from its store, so I guess they don't care they're repeating the same violations all over again. Too much money on the line, when the worst case scenario is a slap on the wrist financially and some "monitoring" by federal agencies.