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В кластер входят документы, касающиеся коммерческих, лицензионных или функциональных аспектов операционных систем семейства Windows.
Общие признаки: продукты Microsoft Windows, лицензирование и продажи, критика внедрения ОС
Группа выше: Windows как продукт и рынок
Смысл: The main idea is that Microsoft's reported sales of 40 million Windows 8 licenses are misleading because they likely reflect OEM pre-installs, distributor stock, and price-driven upgrades rather than genuine adoption by corporate IT sectors who find the OS impractical.
Industry experts question the validity of Microsoft's 40 million Windows 8 license sales, citing low corporate interest and the prevalence of system downgrades.
Смысл: The text reports on Microsoft's official announcement of the free Windows 8.1 update, contrasting the company's positive marketing statistics with the actual functional changes users desire, such as the return of the Start button.
Microsoft announced a free upgrade to Windows 8.1, promising improvements while remaining silent on highly anticipated features like the Start button's return.
Смысл: The main idea is that improper understanding of Microsoft's cluster licensing rules for Windows Server Standard can lead to massive under-licensing and catastrophic financial penalties during audits.
In Hyper-V clusters, Windows Server Standard licenses must be applied to every host a VM could possibly migrate to, often making the Datacenter edition significantly cheaper.