Very interesting. Apparently, Microsoft Server 2008 Foundation has been available for almost a year. It is OEM and only available through select vendors with hardware.
When I went to Dell's site I was able to configure their
lowest cost server (Model T105 = 269 after $268 discount, dual core athelon 2.3, 160 G hard drive ) and
2 G memory for $19
Microsoft Server 2008 Foundation was $259 = $547
upgrade to 250G for $30 = $577
3 year warrentee basic 120 = $704
I just wish I could get the software for $260 and build my own.
But WOW, that is a lot less than servers have ever been available before.
