windows server

The product, officially known as Windows Server 2008 R2, is considered a "minor release," but is noteworthy for supporting more processors as well as being the first 64-bit only release.

Software maker will allow certain companies to use Windows Server and other products for three years at no charge.

Microsoft and Novell had their first virtualization child Thursday. A joint virtualization effort that couples SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell operating with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

The news itself isn’t all that important–part of the Microsoft-Novell pact–dictated that SUSE would use the software giant’s virtualization technology.