![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the VM won’t run well on Hyper-V because, you guessed it, it’s Linux, not Windows. Once you do that, the newer Hyper-V or Windows Server no longer supports the older VM OSes you’ve got.Ī co-worker wants to host a Linux VM where a service is available “for free”. ![]() Hence, you need to now upgrade your Hyper-V (or Windows Server). The old Hyper-V won’t let you do certain things with the newer VM OS. Third stage: a new Windows version comes out. Now you need to trash or upgrade VMs just because Microsoft wants you to do so there is no business sense to do it other than satisfying what Microsoft wants. Boom, and now you find out it no longer supports XP, Server 2003, etc. Some people feel like they became unpaid Microsoft’s testers. ![]() Second stage: Hyper-V and Windows Server is being upgraded all the time. You give it up because it doesn’t have a user interface, or you discovered other missing bits, and decide to switch to a Windows Server. You spend a lot of time figuring out how to use Hyper-V Server because it’s free and because “everyone is doing it”. While Hyper-V is in fact the best choice for many businesses, some businesses fall into the “Hyper-V trap” without knowing what’s ahead. Successful business people would chose pain over making a bad financial decision, which would obviously equate to long-term pain. So the question then becomes a question whether you want to evade “pain” or do what’s best for your business. Making mistakes is painful, but really only for people who believe are infallible. You didn’t do a mistake and you’re closer to being perfect. That way the entire process wasn’t a “mistake”. Or, you could engage in some self-denial and “convince” yourself the product isn’t so bad after all and worth the money (remember it was supposed to be “free” when you began…) You would need to face the fact you did a mistake, a wrong choice. Hence you now have a choice: trash the thing and recognize it was time wasted and bang your head a little to wake up. You need to internally justify why you invested so much time with the software in the first place. The psychology of the freemium idea is quite interesting and effective. Why is that? Interesting question… How Freemium Works: The Freemium “Psychology” It’s basic psychological fact that once people have invested into something, there are more likely to buy. The list is growing…Īnd, as a pleasant side-effect for Microsoft and not so pleasant one for you, you spent a lot of time looking into all of this. The most obvious feature missing is: the graphical user interface.Īs you dig deeper you realize in order to run a bigger virtual platform you need a domain controller and lots of other things. While it is correct that Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is a free operating system, when you read the terms and conditions and have a look at what the license permits and what not, and what features are not part of Hyper-V Server, but require a Windows Server instead, you realize it’s really an entry path to purchasing a Windows Server, like a prolonged trial. Some people speculate the only reason why Microsoft jumped into the virtualization game (and other technologies) was to sell more Windows Servers. When you start using Hyper-V, you are indirectly agreeing to buy operating systems in the not so distant future. Hence, the main Hyper-V disadvantage is that Microsoft owns Hyper-V and Microsoft wants to sell operating systems, not virtualization technology per se. Unlike VMware, Microsoft’s main business is not virtualization or any other technology (not yet at least) it’s all about selling operating system licenses. Microsoft Operates in the Operating System Business, Not Virtualization Business VMware employs similar gimmicks however, there is one crucial difference in the kind of “confusion marketing” deployed. Microsoft wants to sell and there’s nothing wrong about it, as long as you understand how their marketing works. If you think about monopolies and how they negatively affect the economy, it may be a good thing at times to have such laws. The freemium practice (see this article) is quite common in the IT world because downloads don’t cost anything yet, in many economies freemium may be considered an unethical or even illegal practice for the simple reason that many legal systems don’t allow selling below cost.
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