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> partner with Redhat and move their product line to something more standard with solid Linux support Your suggesting they should turn their back on the majori
by jussij 14y ago
> partner with Redhat and move their product line to something more standard with solid Linux support
Your suggesting they should turn their back on the majority of their current user base.
Doesn't sound like such a smart business move to me.
- rbanffy 14y agoYou can still run all your Windows workloads in a virtualized environment under either Openstack or RHEV.
- adventured 14y agoWhich again is not something that the radical majority of their customers is ever going to do.
- jussij 14y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong but doesn't running Windows virtually still require a valid Windows license? So I'm not exactly sure what this would achieve in the way of cost savings. In fact by adding in another OS layer the business tech support costs may in fact rise.
- rbanffy 14y agoLicenses are only part of your cost. By running your workloads inside virtual machines you end up with more simpler machines that cost less to operate (because, being simpler, they break less often). You also get better hardware utilization.