The wrong type of fee structure could hurt Microsoft's Virtual Server

摘要

Virtual machines, a three-decade-old idea, are getting increased attention in the Wintel world. In April Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer promised the company will integrate hypervisor technology — a software layer allowing multiple operating systems to run side by side on a single server—with its Longhorn server operating system. Getting Microsoft to clarify what it meant by integration is like pulling teeth, but this hypervisor is the next generation of what Microsoft now calls Virtual Server and it will have at least "very deep links" into the server OS, in the words of Derick Wong, senior product manager for security management at Microsoft Canada Co.