It looks as though Munich is having a harder time banishing Microsoft technology that it thought. Völcker, a software supplier to the Munich government is porting it's Microsoft code to Mono, bypassing Java.
It would be interesting if Europe's push to Linux would cement the dominance of Microsoft technology.
My company's move to a new data center will rely heavily on server consolidation through VMWare to provide significant cost savings.
Why VMWare?
- VMWare is a more mature product than Windows Virtual Server 2005
- VMWare ESX is a below-the-os solution that is more efficient
- VMWare ESX has better management facilities for large installations
- VMWare ESX allows you to move a virtual machine from one computer to another while it's running! That give you a new picture of load balancing, now doesn't it?
And VMWare continues to mature. Here are some just announced features.