You obviously haven't played with any of their Visual Studio Express editions, or Robotics Studio. Pretty beefy software that's, who'da thunk it, free. Oh, and I'm running some "free" XP and Office '07 as I type. So I beg to differ.
Oh, and in case Billy is reading, I did plunk down the duckets for Vista Ultimate and a copy of Office '07, I just got sick of having to call Microsoft to re-verify my authenticity every time I re-formatted/re-installed.
Well Hyper-V is $28, basically the price of the media kit. But compared to Virtual Infrastructure 3 it is very watered down. Its a bit more comparable to ESX 3 Starter Edition.
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For some strange reason, I just don't see M$ releasing a FREE version of anything this useful!
So wake me up when there's a **FREE** watered-down version that handily competes with VMware's version of the same...
You obviously haven't played with any of their Visual Studio Express editions, or Robotics Studio. Pretty beefy software that's, who'da thunk it, free. Oh, and I'm running some "free" XP and Office '07 as I type. So I beg to differ.
Free legitimate copies of XP and Office '07? uhh... OK. Sure thing. lucky you!
That said, do you honestly believe that they'll release a FREE working version of Hyper-V? (One that doesnt expire!)
Oh, and in case Billy is reading, I did plunk down the duckets for Vista Ultimate and a copy of Office '07, I just got sick of having to call Microsoft to re-verify my authenticity every time I re-formatted/re-installed.
Well Hyper-V is $28, basically the price of the media kit. But compared to Virtual Infrastructure 3 it is very watered down. Its a bit more comparable to ESX 3 Starter Edition.