Microsoft to Squeeze Datacenters on Price

[JasonMiles]

Microsoft Corp. plans to raise the price of the Datacenter edition of the upcoming R2 release of Windows Server 2012 by 28 percent, adding to what analysts call a record number of price increases for enterprise software products from Redmond.

According to licensing data sheets available for download from the Windows Server 2012 R2 Website (PDF), the price of a single license of Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter will be $6,155, compared to $4,809 today?plus the cost of a Client Access Licenses (CAL) for every user or device connecting to the server.

 

 

 

 

 

http://slashdot.org/topic/datacenter/microsoft-to-squeeze-datacenters-on-price-of-winserver-2012-r2/

 

[Hum]

Well, that should cost them some sales.