Comments on: Windows Product Aggravation

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:12:43 +0000

Anyone want to know why it's only $10 less than buying the actual product? Anyone know how much the CD and manuals cost…? ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Mar 2002 06:02:50 +0000

I agree with the poster on CALs (Client Access License(s)).
Wait until you have to figure out these licenses just to connect to Microsoft Servers(Like NT for File & Print, Exchange for Mail, SQL Server for Database Access, IIS for web.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:11:23 +0000

Not exactly $10 is it? But hey, it is their SW, if the market will pay it (and they will…) they can charge what they want – welcome to capitalism.
There's always Linux and Staroffice…
I teach night school and I spend a good amount of time on software licensing and the like – I used to sell HW & SW, so I saw it all the time – rare it was that someone would buy 5 computers and 5 copies of office – usually 5 and 1.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:13:15 +0000

…for “additional licenses” see right side, bottom half of page:
http://shop.microsoft.com/Referral/productInfo.asp?siteID=10798

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2002 06:36:51 +0000

Just wait until this person has to learn about Exchange CALs for those who check their company mail at work and at home. :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2002 05:44:51 +0000

I can't tell if Chris is For or Against this, but I can see Furo is. I'm in total agreement. When we decided we liked XP, we ran out and bought licenses for all of our active workstations. We've been doing that since we've been in business.
I don't blame MS for taking the extreme route. You're right, people don't get it. I've known God fearing, church-going do-gooders who install their license of Windows on all their machines, friends' machines, etc., because they don't know any better.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2002 05:20:08 +0000

This is precisely why Microsoft felt they HAD to go to WPA. People don't realize that one license equals one machine, period. It's always been that way, and virtually every commercial software product on the market works the same way.
Windows XP isn't “yours” as many users seem to think. No, you don't own it. The only thing you have is the RIGHT to USE it according to Microsoft's rules. Again, this is nothing new. Software licensing has been done that way for decades now. I'm no more a fan of WPA than the next guy, but this large misconception and/or intentional abuse of licensing policies has led to its necessity.
So in other words, yes, you did do something wrong, and it is indeed true… always has been. Sorry to burst the bubble.
As for the discounted licenses, it's only a skimpy $10 on additional licenses. I haven't had any personal experience with that particular piece of the licensing picture though, so I can't say for sure how it works or where to get them.

By: SocioBiblog

SocioBiblog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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