Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:

>You might want to take a look here for some official MS
>prices 
>(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/pricing.mspx),
>
Something there is plain wierd.


If I'm reading this table correctly, if I need a server that serves 25
stations, I can buy a Windows 2003 Server with 25 users CAL (Client
Access License) for $3,999, or buy a 5 CAL server for $999 and add 20
more CALs for $799, paying only $1798. That's less than half the price!
What am I missing?


I'm sure that MS's pricing isn't that skewed, and the version that costs
$4K does give something that the $1.8K doesn't, but that does goes to
show one of the aspects of proprietary software that isn't always
discussed. Navigating companies' pricing table can be a tiresome and
error-prone endevor.


What's worse (assuming there really is a difference here), if I did go
ahead and made that mistake, and the BSA came knocking, I would have
been certain that I've done nothing wrong.


Shachar


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