Warp wrote:
> Fredrik Eriksson <noo### [at] nowherecom> wrote:
>> As I understand it, XP Home supports multiple cores but is limited to a  
>> single processor. XP Pro supports multiple cores and is limited to two  
>> processors.
> 
>   How that makes any sense is anybody's guess.

It's not that unreasonable, and stems from how you define a single 
"computer".  Once you get into networked clusters ("Beowulf" and such), 
you could really consider several traditional PCs linked together as one 
system.  Or, you could plug several keyboards / mice / displays into a 
single computer.  Either way, companies see this as a means of avoiding 
licensing fees, being that many companies charge license fees based on 
the number of systems a particular piece of software is installed on.

MS for once took a reasonable approach to this, and decided to charge 
per core.  The vast majority of home users won't be affected. 
Professionals with dual socket workstations will buy the "Pro" version, 
but they would probably buy it anyway.  Servers will run the Windows 
Server rather than XP, so they aren't really affected either.

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...Ben Chambers
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