[THIN] Re: My my my
- From: "Henry Sieff" <hsieff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 16:13:51 -0500
Well, that is the per user model. Now, if its really legitimate, MS
needs to put it in writing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:36 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: My my my
>
> You could ask three different MS people and get three
> different answers. They aren't completely unreasonable
> though. If you aren't blatantly abusing the license, they
> aren't going to nail you to the wall for it. Don't buy 10
> licenses and run 100 users. Make a decent effort to license
> your needs.
>
> When I went through this, I sought the advice of my local
> reseller, a Microsoft Platinum Level Partner (whatever the
> hell that means). They said it was ok to buy 100 licenses
> for my 100 users and we would be safe. They put it in
> writing. If MS ever came after me about it, I felt we were
> covered. We were following the advice and purchasing from
> their trusted agent so it was not our fault if it was screwed up.
> Plus we, had made a resonable effort to be compliant and
> were not trying to defraud anyone.
>
> Greg
>
> On Apr 9, 2005 8:24 AM, Matthew Shrewsbury
> <MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I spoke to Microsoft about this kind of scenario and they said:
> > When accessing Office XP through TS you need an Office XP
> license for
> > each device, exceptions are second laptop, kiosk or single use PC.
> >
> > When accessing from home you must have a license for Office
> XP at home
> > that is same version(XP), edition (Std), channel (open volume) as
> > installed on the server.
> >
> > Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
> Senior Network
> > Administrator -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Henry Sieff
> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 4:12 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: My my my
> >
> > I know for a fact they couldn't. I tried and failed.
> >
> > In exchange2k3, they now offer per user licensing - so one license,
> > one user regardless of how many different devices. I have no doubts
> > they will offer the same thing for office, especially since
> they are
> > moving towards having a server-based collaboration system which
> > encompasses office as well.
> >
> > Not that I would ever advise anybody to break there EULA, and I
> > definitely wouldn't break my own EULA, but the per-user model makes
> > sense to me and I think is the only viable solution - MS
> will have to
> > take it, or they will pretty much write office out of the
> thin client
> > equation.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RMC - Brian Hill
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:53 AM
> > > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > > Subject: [THIN] Re: My my my
> > >
> > > I don't even think Microsoft could give you a straight answer.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bill Beckett [mailto:beckett.bill@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 5:38 PM
> > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [THIN] My my my
> > >
> > > So much conflicting info from different people that I thought I'd
> > > try to blur it up even further. Consider the following scenario:
> > >
> > > Our company has a webpage with access to certain apps,
> our DB app,
> > > Word, Excel and Viso. I can access this web page from any machine
> > > with internet access. I login from home from my home pc,
> from home
> > > from my home laptop, from PC's at various hotels and cybercafe's.
> > > Let's say 8 total.
> > >
> > > Question, how many app licenses do I need?
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