[THIN] VMware Slashes Prices for Entry-Level Virtualization Server
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net" <jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:03:19 -0800 (PST)
Speaking of VMWare Picked this up from Wininfo update
Think they are trying to compete with Microsoft VS 2005 pricing?:
VMware Slashes Prices for Entry-Level Virtualization Server
Virtualization leader VMware slashed prices this week on its
entry-level virtualization server product, VMware GSX Server, making
it easier for small and midsized businesses to adopt the product. This
week, VMware Vice President of Marketing Michael Mullany told me that
the company reduced the price for two reasons. First, the company
experienced dramatic sales growth when it slashed prices on its VMware
Workstation product earlier this year. Second, with Microsoft entering
the low end of the market this year with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
(assuming it's finally happening; Mullany noted that this is the
fourth time Microsoft has announced the release of Virtual Server
2005), the company felt that it needed to be as price-competitive as
it is feature-superior (my words). In any event, the GSX Server
pricing is dramatically simplified. The product used to cost $2500 per
CPU; it now costs a flat fee of $1400 for a 2-CPU license and $2800
for a 32-CPU (or less) license. That's Crazy Eddie pricing, and a
bargain if you want to get into virtualization.
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