Jim it suits me just fine. My young son is earning a good living and getting ahead quite quickly in the call centre that looks after MS support here in Australia. He's a licensing specialist and handles all these kinds of questions. For his sake, I'm glad they made it complicated - it's giving him a good job.
But for every other reason I think it's technology gone mad to have such a complicated licensing regime. Just because Microsoft have enough people in the company to be able to have squads of folks just thinking up new ways to bundle products together doesn't mean it's a good idea to do so. The only people who have worse pricing policies are the telecoms. Ever try to figure out your phone bill and whether you'd be better off on another plan? It just hurts your brain. Cheers, Michael Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks. -----Original Message----- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2003 7:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: win 2000 professional for web server? Old story. Call Microsoft ten times and ask about software licensing and you're likely to get ten different answers to the same question. Little wonder nobody can figure it out and even less of a wonder that so many don't bother with proper licsensing of MS softwaer. They're shooting themselves in the foot with their constantly shifting licensing schemes that their own people don't understand. Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
