Responding to 2 posts: Mark Funaro said: > Perhaps I have misunderstood what the $50 per month, per server charge is from our > supplier/datacenter; the result is the same -- higher ongoing costs for the Microsoft > Solution we currently have. My understanding is that the datacenter pays Microsoft > under a special license of some kind, to be able to install/"resell" the OS on the leased > servers, and that cost is passed on to us. Thanks for letting me know that there may > not be such a cost between the datacenter and MS; I'll be sure to ask them about the > details of it. I can post back my findings if you are interested.
Mike Griffin said: > Actually, their SPLA licensing is on a monthly basis: > (http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/licensing/) See, this list is great, as you can learn something new every day. I had completely absolutely forgot about that program, as when it first came out, I deemed it too expense compared to buying a full perpetual license. $50 times 12 months times 3 years is $1800. If you want the latest version when it comes out, sure this might be better. Otherwise, as the paragraph under "Customers Providing Own Licenses" (http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/licensing/compare.asp) states, it would be better for the client/user to obtain and retain perpetual use of the license. > I desperately don't want this to become a "who's better" war, I'm just hoping to get > some advice regarding the main point of my initial post -- equivalent software to iMail > in a non-windows environment, OR the ability to run iMail on Linux. I don't want to > tweak anybody, and right after posting I realized I didn't mark the subject as Off- > Topic, which it really should be. It would probably be best if anyone with advice > contact me off-list about this one, though the answers may spark some good > conversation on-list as well. Your choice :) Never meant to take away from the purpose of the post, just want to clarify, and I am the one that became clarified. ;) John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
