I've been writing a lot recently (here and here) on the odd juxtopisitions in pricing between market leader VMware and the other players like Microsoft and Citrix.

In doing that I've gotten some responses from individuals around the industry about what might be driving today's conditions. One response in particular that I got was the following:

I’ve heard from some partners that VMware is quietly matching Citrix's XenSource and Microsoft's Hyper-V pricing, as long as customers will sign multi-year ELAs.

I can't confirm if this is only for certain, shall we say, "premium" accounts or for all accounts. But I wonder if VMware is quietly changing the price for their products depending on your level of committment with them.

Are you seeing examples of this from either side? Let us know...