Martin Hollmichel wrote, On 01/08/10 13:54: > Pavel Janík wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 8.1.2010, at 12:25, Martin Hollmichel wrote: >> >>>> finally I come to the following proposal: >>>> >>>> 1 virtual machine running a Windows7 64bit instance with Visual >>>> Studio Standard installed for the Windows tinderbox. >>>> 2 additional virtual windows machines available for Developers, with >>>> the Express Version installed. In case we discover that we need more >>>> parallel sessions available, we consider the installation of Windows >>>> Server. >>>> the Virtual Boxes will be hosted on a Quad Core, 12 GB RAM machine >>>> in a data center >>>> >>>> any comments ? >>>> >>>> Martin >>>> >>>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Funding_And_Budgets/Developer/WindowsBox#Proposal_for_a_Windows_Box >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Pavel, Thorsten, you may want to comment or approve these spendings >>> for the developer budget ? >> +1 for the Windows box/server. We desperately need communi Windows >> machine. I;d go with terminal services directly from the beginning. >> >> -1 for the regular yearly payment for the hosting services. Can we do >> it better/cheeper? Can anyone offer/sponsor this service for us? > please keep in mind that this yearly payment includes 100MBit and > unlimitted traffic, that also will allow the download of builded cws, I > think it's worth the price, but I'm open for better or cheaper offers, > how long we want to wait for those offers ?
For me it already sounds quite inexpensive. 660 € initial licensing is something you need to do anyway, and you might keep/use the lics for a long time. 900 € per year sounds reasonable compared to the price for - buying an equivalent machine - rooming - power - bandwith - hardware repairs / upgrades Malte. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
