cutter wrote:

Hello, a quick question:

Some people at the company I work for think that you need to buy a CAL
if you want to connect a Windows workstation to ANY server, even a
non-MS server such as a linux box with Xvnc running on it.  I think this
is not
true.  I'm not about to ask MS since I'm sure they'll tell me "of
course!" even if it's not true.

There is some note in the M$Windows license that says that you need to have a M$Windows license for the machine you use to view the M$Windows display (the license for the seat) and you need to have a M$Windows license for the machine that serves the M$Windows display.


Hence, if you have a M$WIndows license for the machine that runs the VNC viewer and you have a license for the M$WIndows servers then you are done.

The only possible restriction you might have is when you run a M$Windows server and a Linux desktop. However, since most linux machines are installed on hardware that comes with some kind of M$Windows (including license) there is no problem at all.

Then you can install the M$WIndows server with licensing per seat at the server side, this also coveres the license.

Be noted, there is no speak of any version or variant for the desktop/displaying machine. a M$Windows 95 or even M$Windows 3.11 suits a need.


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