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Re: [LUG] Happy Birthday Linux - Linux is 17!

 

On Friday 10 October 2008 19:15, Rob Beard wrote:
...
> At the moment I'm trying to get another client out of a fix.  Their
> Windows 2003 Server is refusing any more connections (it's run out of
> CALs).  Rather than them spend shed loads of money on more CALs I'm
> installing Ubuntu Server on VMWare on their main server to prove a point
> (and get them out of the fix).  Hopefully this should strengthen the
> case for Linux when I explain to them that to sort out their current
> licencing issues they'd be looking at about £6000 for MS software and
> nowt for Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org on their few remaining Windows
> desktops which can't be converted to Linux.
I dont know what the prices are at the moment but I worked for a company in 
the early 2ks and when the 10 connection limit on the MS server was exceeded 
by customers it was about £15k for the internet side and then about another 
£10k for the SQL server licenses!!
Tom te tom te tom



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