Yep. Being able to buy processors that don't trigger Oracle's core-count licensing (for example) but be able to vary cores on and repurpose them in the general

Yep. Being able to buy processors that don't trigger Oracle's core-count licensing (for example) but be able to vary cores on and repurpose them in the general VM farm is a thing that I have been very keen on in a past life. It's a relatively niche interest, but it exists.