You can get an appointment as a Microsoft Channel Partner without having MCPs on staff, and still be eligible for the discounts on licensing.
====================================== Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 ====================================== If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:30 PM Subject: OT: Shared Windows Hosting - Licensing | Sorry for the OT, but there are probably a number of people on the list | offering shared Windows hosting, most likely with CF. I know there are a lot | of small and medium sized developers who, like ourselves, own a couple of | Windows boxes that they host client web site on. | | What is your interpretation of Windows operating system licensing for service | providers offering hosting services? | | http://microsoft.com/serviceproviders/licensing/compare.asp | | My reading of Microsoft licensing now leads me to believe that the _only_ valid | licensing model of any Windows OS used by service providers for web hosting is | via the SPLA ("Service Provider Licensing Agreement"). I'm not sure when (or | how) this happened, but I'm certain that at one time this was licensing was not | required. | | For a small provider, the main difficulty with the SPLA is the requirement that | your company _must_ first be a Microsoft Certified Partner. And to be a | Microsoft Certified Partner, you need to have two certified Microsoft | Professionals on staff. | | >From what I'm reading, I can't see how many one and two person shops and small | developers would even qualify to be an MCP (let alone why they would want to). | I can't imagine how many are completely ignorant of the need for SPLA | licensing, nor could I begin to imagine how many servers are in violation of | Microsofts licensing. | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
