Before I joined I emailed MS to ask that
question. The reply was in an email from them. David Payer (I
think) had the same reservations and he also requested clarification and
received the same response from MS. Whether you want to signup or
question or be contentious is really up to you. I merely replied to the
list with what we do and that FACT that we verified this with MS. If you
feel safer buying your licenses retail that is certainly your prerogative, I
was merely trying to help, not setup a debate or flame war. If you wish
to post someone's phone number that is all well and good but I won't be
calling as I have no need to.
Regards,
Mike Herrera
Access One Online Svcs.
http://www.access-one.com
Attend
Peering Conference for ISP's,
April 23-24, 2004, Dallas Texas
Full info:
http://www.peercon.org
Mike
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I'd
love to know who "they" were, did you get it in writing, and can I get it in
writing too?
If I
can cut $1,900 of monthly SPLA (Service Provider Licensing Agreement) costs
out of my overhead, by spending $400 a year on an Action Pack, I'd love that.
It's $22,000 in expenses that would fall straight to my bottom line as
profit.
Ken
Fiore, who is the person responsible for ISP/SPLA contracts at Microsoft,
might disagree with whomever "they" are. I'm at home, and don't have his
business card with me, but if you wanna give HIM a call, and get his answers
in writing/email, I can post his telephone number on
Monday.
Honestly, I'm not meaning to be contentious -- but getting a clear
answer on Microsoft licensing, especially in gray areas like defining
"production use" versus "internal use", is not always an easy thing to
do. Requesting to get items in writing, with references to EULA's or other
licensing documents tends to throw requests WAY "up the chain of command"
-- and provides different answers once you get it in
writing.
Michael
