Re: [Fwd: Samba beats NT at its own game...]

[Christopher Pruden <x97pruden1@xxxxxxxxx>]

ben s. wrote:

> Chris-
>         Yes, Microsoft does give you a "compilementary" 10 user license
> with server.  However, ever person who connects after that needs a license
> (which I believe cost $100).  Also, if you have a server running office
> (word, excel, etc), each client that uses these apps from the server also
> has to have a license.  This means that for each client computer you could
> be paying for 5 or more licenses.  A computer could spend thousands in
> dollars in just licenses, which does not include the huge amounts of money
> spent for the actual software.  Pretty messed up, eh?
>
> -Ben S.
>
> p.s.-if im wrong on any of this correct me, but this is how it was
> explained to me :]

Well, I can understand them wanting a license for    running multiple copies of
Office or something like that off of one server.  That more or less makes sense,
but only being able to have so many people connect to your computer at once...
just seems like a bad plan...  I guess I just feel that it's a scam...
ya'know, it is quickly becoming my opinion that software licenses(with the
exception of free/oss/GPL, etc...) are a pretty BAD thing...  I mean, they really
restrict peoples rights way to much...
Okay, gotta get back to my homework:)
Feels good to rant about Windows, though:)
Chris