July 29, 2011 
I have seen this rumour posted a few blog sites today, Gabe’s Virtual World being a primary one, as well as on twitter. It looks like Vmware maybe adjusting their vSphere 5 licensing based on the user feedback received since the vSphere 5 announcement.
The updated policy potentially will look like the below:
- VMware vSphere 5 Essentials - 24GB vRAM entitlement
- VMware vSphere 5 Essentials Plus - 32GB vRAM entitlement
- VMware vSphere 5 Standard vRAM - 32GB vRAM entitlement
- VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise vRAM - 64GB vRAM entitlement
- VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus - 96GB vRAM entitlement
If I see an official announcement on thisor if the rumour turns out to not be true I will post back an update.
Pete
I came across the article today saying VMware is going to announce a vSphere 5 licensing update on this Wendseday, 8/3.
http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/231003052/vmware-set-to-unveil-vsphere-5-licensing-changes-again.htm
Pete
VMware just announced an official refinement to the vRAM entitlement. I posted a blog post on it : http://thevirtualheadline.com/2011/08/03/vmware-vsphere-5-vram-entitlements-refinements-official/