1. Microsoft still refers to it as the "Action Pack"
2. Registration as a "Registered Partner" is available and is free.
3. Action Pack software can be used in production - especially being used as
demonstration of its capabilities. The caveat is that if you allow your Action
Pack Subscription to expire, then you are obligated to remove all software so
obtained. As long as you are a subscriber, you can use the software, and even
distribute the complimentary copies they periodically send to you as a
give-away. One example is copies of MS Office-Business Edition.
In my case, I am not only a Registered Partner, but also as a reseller, and a
member of the Business Software Alliance. This latter has perks of Free
software from other vendors such as Symantec Anti-virus products and more.
I currently am looking into installing a copy of MS Communication server -and
check out and demonstrate its capabilities.
P. S. MS Virtual Server is awesome!
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffry Houser
To: CF-Community
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: What would you choose?
Just to clarify...
You aren't talking about production boxes here, are you?
I thought that Action Pack stuff couldn't be used on production boxes.
I'd have to re-read my licensing, but...
As a side note, its no longer called Action Pack. Although, I have been
unable to successfully use their web-site to register for the new partner
program.
At 05:04 PM 8/1/2004, you wrote:
>Subject: What would you choose?
>From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 15:18:28 -0400
>Thread:
>http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=13583&
forumid=5#123204
>
>Well - from your stated software list it seems like Linux is an obvious
>choice - the learning curve is pretty high, comparatively, but only because
>there really aren't that many choices. Taken by itself it's not
>particularly hard (although if you're used to Windows Server then it can be
>pretty big change of gears). I think that Sun is also freely licensing
>Solaris for home use at this point (right?) but I think that would be even
>more of a pain in the butt.
>
>
>
>If you do want an MS OS you might consider subscribing to the MS Action Pack
>(do a search for it). For (I think) $200 you get not-for-resale copies of
>all major MS releases with multiple (but limited use) keys. This includes
>Windows 2000 (all flavors), Windows 2003 (all flavors) and Windows XP (all
>flavors). You get four, quarterly software updates for your 1-year
>subscription.
>
>
>
>Personally I'm running Windows 2003 with the beta of MS Virtual Server on
>that. I've then got six or seven virtual Windows 2000 and a couple of Linux
>development servers set up on that box (of which I can run three or four at
>a time with the amount of RAM I have).
>
>
>
>I just mention this because of the way you're talking about installing
>software - using the virtual machines you can set up a dedicated virtual box
>for PHP, another for CF, another for BlueDragon and so forth. You never
>have to worry about what will work with what again.
>
>
>
>Jim Davis
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