[TriLUG] Microsoft to support Linux

[David McDowell]

I'm in no way trying to rant... so please know this is light and curious.  :)

I'm curious what you mean by non transferrable??  I can take any
server I have, take it out of commission, replace with a completely
new server and use the same license.  That is transferrable.  If you
mean XP Home and "14 days to activate" yes, that's transferrable, but
not without some hassles, re-activation, and maybe even having to call
Microsoft customer care.  Anyway, I'm just upset that I'm stuck with
Exchange so I'm stuck with Microsoft and ADS anyway.

laters,
David McD


On 4/21/05, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> I liked the part where they mention lowering TCO.
> 
> This coming from the folks that charge you for the server software.
> Then charge you for a non-transferrable license for each computer you
> want to connect to it at all.  Then charge you for a non-transferrable
> license for each computer you want to connect to it to use Terminal
> Services...
> 
> And yes, I realize this is a common pricing model.  Somewhere along the
> line, someone realized they could sucker people into paying for a
> product, and then paying more to actually use it (in intangibles...we're
> not talking about the razor/blade model here; nothing is being consumed).
> 
> ~B, who is trying his best not to get onto a big rant...
> 
> Matt Frye wrote:
> > http://www.techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3529
> >
> > I can just hear Dvorak's keyboard now.
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