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Originally Posted by CanuckBB
But to be fair, both MS Virtual server and VMWare Server require a license of Windows to RUN the software, so the difference is less.
VMWare ESX Foundation + Gold 1 year support is $1,540. WIndows Server Standard is about $1,000. So for $500 more, you get a more robust, support platform.
It's 3am, your BES goes down. You call RIM and after you tell them BES is virtual NOT on ESX, they tell you they can't help. Is that worth $500?
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Good point ... but as an MS Partner I get lots of free server licenses ... but no free VMWare licenses.
That said, at 3am, I will be the one picking up the phone ... and when I call RIM to tell them I'm using something other than ESX they'll support me. RIM has taken much the same approach as MS with Virtualization, where they won't not support you unless the problem points to the virtualized environment or if they can't rule out virtualization.