back to article Latest Gartner wololo: Win Server 2003 refresh might be off the cards

Price hikes caused by the robust dollar could result in European server customers deferring purchases for at least the first half of this year, potentially translating into another period of stagnating revenues. With Microsoft ending support for Windows Server 2003 and Intel refreshing Xeon – which made vendors respond with …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    "The cost of buying custom support for Microsoft isn’t to be sniffed at – $600 per server for the first year "

    With a minimum of 100 servers - and a five digit cost per fix....And then doubling annually!

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