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

 

Tom Potts wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> 

It's not too bad (the quote I gave covered Office licences, some XP 
licences and Windows Server 2003 SBS) but it's still not cheap.  At 
least not as cheap as SME Server on the server (for mail/file 
sharing/intranet) and Ubuntu on the desktop.

Rob

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