Microsoft Licenses

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Apr 5th, 2006, 06:08 AM
yrwyddfa

Microsoft Licenses

Hey chaps . . . need some help on M$ licensing and didn't know where else to ask.

This is the scenario

Development environment - 9 servers; which will need to be updated with the latest operating system. 3 are sql servers, 3 are COM servers (so irrelevant?), 3 are terminal servers

Development workstations
Visual Studio 6 , Visio, SQL tools (enterprise manager et al), and later the .Net dev environment. This lot for just two developers.

We currently use MSDN, but this might be a little over the top for our needs ( I don't need the vast majority of what's in the diskset for instances)

What is the best (cheapest) licensing policy that will cover all of this.
Apr 5th, 2006, 06:31 AM
Arrow_Raider

Re: Microsoft Licenses

linux
Apr 5th, 2006, 06:34 AM
yrwyddfa

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arrow_Raider

linux

Love too. Can you send me your VB6 runtime for Linux? I guess I'm going to need a compiler, too.

Cheers
Apr 5th, 2006, 06:51 AM
baja_yu

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Use Wine on Linux.
Apr 5th, 2006, 06:56 AM
yrwyddfa

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Quote:

Originally Posted by baja_yu

Use Wine on Linux.

I guess I still need to have the M$ licenses to run there too, huh?
Apr 5th, 2006, 07:01 AM
RobDog888

Re: Microsoft Licenses

COM servers, sounds like, if memory serves correct, NT4 Server running MTS? Man thats old.
Apr 5th, 2006, 07:17 AM
baja_yu

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobDog888

COM servers, sounds like, if memory serves correct, NT4 Server running MTS? Man thats old.

Just like you and Hack :D
Apr 5th, 2006, 07:20 AM
RobDog888

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Ok, I see I'm gonna have to wack someone over the head with my cane. :lol:
Apr 5th, 2006, 07:25 AM
baja_yu

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Don't forget to yell: "Hey you kids. Get of my lawn!"
Apr 5th, 2006, 07:28 AM
RobDog888

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Ok, I'll yell at them while taking my daily walk out to the end of my driveway to "try" to pick up my newspaper. Doing this in my slippers and bathrobe using my walker for stability during the hour long picking up of the paper process. :D
Apr 5th, 2006, 08:01 AM
yrwyddfa

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobDog888

COM servers, sounds like, if memory serves correct, NT4 Server running MTS? Man thats old.

Right vein, wrong assumption; Win2003 hosting COM+ components. :lol:
Apr 5th, 2006, 08:21 AM
RobDog888

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Well you didnt say COM+ Server :D
Apr 5th, 2006, 10:06 AM
yrwyddfa

Re: Microsoft Licenses

True enough; back to my Win 3.51 boxes, then running Sybase's radical new SQL Server product . . . .
Apr 5th, 2006, 10:25 AM
RobDog888

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Was that SQL Server 1.0 or Beta?
Apr 5th, 2006, 04:15 PM
Arrow_Raider

Re: Microsoft Licenses

i don't understand the microsoft licenses deal
Apr 5th, 2006, 07:40 PM
baja_yu

Re: Microsoft Licenses

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arrow_Raider

i don't understand the microsoft licenses deal

That's because your old. RobDog doesn't even know how to use a cell phone. :D
Apr 6th, 2006, 04:36 AM
Something Else

Re: Microsoft Licenses

I am against all prisoners with phones in their jail cells.
One call only, with the wall mounted units, over by the Seargents desk.
Apr 6th, 2006, 06:10 AM
Arrow_Raider

Re: Microsoft Licenses

you may touch me now