I can't say for what's been available recently but that sounds like exactly
what we were using about 10 years ago in my QA group. Any OS, nothing else.
They might have dropped it at some point in between and have revived it, or
perhaps renamed it, but I'm sure that's what we were using.
--
There are 10 kinds of people in the world...
those who understand binary and those who don't.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Ken Schaefer
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 6:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns
There appears to be a new MSDN option - MSDN Platforms - includes OSes and
servers (but not Office). Available as volume licensing only (but I thought
buying a single MSDN license qualified for Open - not sure about that). It's
still more expensive than TechNet Pro (and doesn't include Office), but might
be attractive to SysAdmins (and due to cost / no Office - might not be as
exploitable as Technet Pro)
Cheers
Ken
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Sullivan
Sent: Friday, 4 April 2014 2:34 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns
Ken pointed out the big price difference that the pirates would have to pay for
MSDN over Technet, which I hadn't considered.
I guess only time will tell whether they are willing to shell out the bucks for
MSDN, then just sell the software at a higher price. "Sorry folks, my
wholesale price has dramatically increased. The only way I can keep selling
you software at a great price is if I double it."
Charlie Sullivan
Sr. Windows Systems Administrator
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Sullivan
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 11:19 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns
So, why is an MSDN subscription any different? Have the MS bean counters
determined that angering developers and losing the revenue from the expensive
MSDN subscriptions will cost more than the revenue lost from the pirating of
MSDN media?
Charlie Sullivan
Sr. Windows Systems Administrator
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 6:07 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns
They won't bring back Technet because it was being abused (where do you think
all those $10 copies of Windows and Office where being sold via?). Those dodgy
websites would buy up thousands of Technet subscriptions, and then sell the MAK
enabled products for next to nothing. Microsoft first tried restricting the
keys (remember when you could get 500 activations out of a single Technet MAK
key, and it went down to 10?)
As for the Start Menu - surely there must have been people in Microsoft with
24"+ screens, and running a metro app taking up the whole screen was just
stupid. I'm guessing this was supposed to be there all along, but never made
the first cut of the code. It's like Vista all over again - takes a couple of
years to get everything smoothed out.
Cheers
Ken
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Rankin
Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2014 7:27 PM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [NTSysADM] Start Menu returns
So the Start Menu is coming back to Windows 8!
Is this a new direction from MS, actually listening to what certain subsets of
users want? If it is, then I'm impressed.
I doubt very much they will bring TechNet back to us also though....I think
that interferes too much with what they're hoping to do with Cloud OS.
My 2 cents.
