Current software licensing models could hinder the
adoption of grid technologies that use virtualisation software to
run applications over several machines, a grid user group has
warned.
"Current software licensing models make users pay to install a
copy of a package on every computer that they may use. This model
is unsuitable for the 21st virtualised century. In a virtualised
environment, applications may run briefly on several computers,"
said Ian Osborne, intellect project director of Grid Computing
Now.
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