Microsoft spells out licensing approach for multicore servers

Wow... right on the heels of the Oracle position, Microsoft takes the opposite (and pro-customer) view.

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday agreed to require only a single license for server software that runs on computers powered by a new generation of chips that squeeze multiple processors into a single package.

The processors in question aren't due out until next year, but by then I'm willing to bet Oracle will adopt the same position.