I mean, both Red Hat and Ubuntu already lock hot patching behind a paywall.
The only difference with Windows up to now was it didn't support hot patching at all.
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kpatch (redhat) is in the kernel, it's not behind a paywall.
This headline is misleading
It is only for hot patching. Updates are still free while the support window is open.
Not really misleading tbh, just because you don't have to reboot the server to get your update doesn't change the fact that it's an update?
Also per core? Jfc
FWIW windows server already is priced by the amount of cores you'll use. Not saying that isn't a bit silly, but it's existing fuckery at least.
Updates are free though
The greed is insane
You will own nothing and be happy