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hah!
This phrase always makes me laugh..."Once Microsoft's [insert product name here] arrives"
They need to pull their socks up as an organisation for people like us to start taking them seriously again...
Which cost
Is Dell absorbing the cost of the 32mb usb flash memory card or the licensing cost of the software?Sounds fishy! to me.
ESX 3i Pricing... don't forget the upgrade
The fact that Dell might not charge for the ESX 3i hypervisor is interesting.One has to consider that the ESX 3i is only a small subset of functions that you find in the 'VI3 Enterprise' (ESX 3i doesn't have DRS, HA, VMotion etc..). Any large client that wants to add the ESX 3i machines to their enterprise class ESX farm, will need to upgrade the license anyway...
ESX 3i cost = 495$
ESX VI3 Enterprise = 5750$
ESX 3i to Enterprise upgrade = 5650$
So client will not be interested in paying first 495$, then having to upgrade it for 5650$. Dell and other first tier hardware supplier might as well sell ESX 3i for 100$ or give it for free...
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