Microsoft may have multicore price edge
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft could have an early advantage over competitors IBM and Oracle as some software companies begin shifting pricing to accommodate servers with multicore processors, analysts said.
IBM recently created a ripple of confusion in the industry when it announced it would one day charge for software based on how fast it runs, not the number of processor cores on which it's running. The company created a new license pricing unit called "processor value unit" and will set software prices this way beginning with the release of Intel's quad-core Xeon processor, which is expected to be available later this year.