David Guest wrote:
Yes you always have to pay the Microsoft tax. It's a saving in hardware
and techie time not licensing fees.
David,
But the ridiculously prohibitive TS licenses are on top of the normal
CALs and are an extra cost not incurred if you don't go TS. For example,
I have a medical centre with eight consulting room/PM office PCs & two
front desk PCs set up back in May 2003.
Since the set-up, maybe 2-3 instances where I've needed to do
troubleshooting on clients and one instance of manually upgrading to a
new version of the PM software on two front desk PCs. Server installs of
clinical and PM upgrades with automatic client updating on first use
requires minimal support. The GP does this himself.
New printers, network hardware problems, etc., don't count in this
equation as you still have to physically install things and set them up
whether TS or local, but all the consulting room printers are original,
just the front desk behemoth has needed replacing. Not such a big deal.
Most of my work has been on the server, including backup issues, or new
functionality like ADSL, HIC Online and an IPSEC VPN to home. Oh, and I
forgot, the newest client dropped it's fan-based video card after 9
months. Replaced with a fanless model in 10 minutes.
Greg
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Canterbury Division of General Practice
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