Any reason we're going with 2k3 and not a newer one?

2011/1/14 Jérôme Gardou <[email protected]>

> I for one, only have a winXP pro license on which I do my tests.
>
> Le 14/01/2011 16:46, Colin Finck a écrit :
>
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I've been thinking about getting a license of an English Windows Server
>> 2003 Standard 32-Bit for the project.
>>
>> It could be installed on one of our servers and be made available over
>> RDP. This would enable project members to do development and testing work on
>> our actual target platform. Considering that some developers even use a
>> non-Windows platform for development work, it might simplify their work as
>> well.
>>
>> We may as well use the license for other purposes (Buildslave, Testslave,
>> whatever), but at least native building could be done by any Windows
>> version. And in this case, I might be able to donate an XP Pro license
>> myself (German though).
>>
>> As I don't know about the needs of the other members, I'd like to hear
>> your opinion about my idea. It would also be nice to hear if anybody knows a
>> cheap (but legal!) way to get such a license or can even donate one (e.g.
>> unused OEM license shipped with a server, unused license after getting
>> Server 2008, etc.)
>> English Windows licenses are rare/expensive on German eBay, so this would
>> only be a last resort :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>> P.S.: If you have the opposite problem and actually need a Linux VM
>> available over SSH/RDP (e.g. for testing build system changes), just let me
>> know and I could set it up.
>>
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