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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 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html