And for that reason alone, I'd be leery too, but I also have to wonder about the licensing agreement between Elusiva and MSFT.
I have to believe that it's a fairly prickly relationship, as it breaks a major piece of MSFT's value proposition for their servers - indeed, if they're using any kind of published API, why haven't I heard about more folks making this kind of offering? Well, as long as my manager has an email from MSFT on it, I'm not going to worry about it. Kurt On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 15:00, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I wasn't part of that conversation so I can't say exactly what was said. :-) > > MSFT has a product in this space. It's called Multipoint. It would be > available as part of most EA agreements. MSFT's product certainly is legit. > > I'm still leary because the company doesn't return my emails. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 5:56 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Anyone worked with this? > > I brought this up with my manager. He's been negotiating an EA > contract, and checked with the fellow at MSFT that he's been talking > with. > > Supposedly, this software is legit. > > Color me stunned... > > Kurt > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:03, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> This came up on an MVP mailing list a couple of months ago, for that >> specific product. >> >> We concluded that we would want the selling company to provide >> indemnification in regards to Microsoft licensing. Based on the normal EULAs >> and PURs, use of this product represents a violation of those EULAs and >> PURs. Email queries to the company went unanswered. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael B. Smith >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 1:57 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Anyone worked with this? >> >> http://www.elusiva.com/products/TerminalServerPro.aspx >> >> A part-time minion installed this on an XP workstation in the UK >> office, and I'd never heard of it before. He's asking for forgiveness >> rather than having asked permission. >> >> Stories, good or bad? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Kurt >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
