[THIN] Re: TSCAL License & SA Agreement Question

  • From: "Russell Robertson" <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:01:28 +0100

Andrew

 

This depends I'm sure  on how you paid for the TSCAL to begin with. With
a Select Agreement or an Open volume license for instance you can buy
with or without SA. And you  pay once for TSCALS and you have perpetual
rights for that version of OS.

 

I always see Microsoft Software  Assurance  as the same as Citrix
Subscription Advantage. With either vendor's SA, this allows you to
upgrade to the latest version at no further cost.

 

Where it differs (historically anyway) is that Citrix tried to offer
upgrades almost every year, making Citrix SA worth it. For Microsoft, if
you bought TSCALS with SA in 2003, you've already lost out as it was 5
years between version updates.

 

How do you pay for your TSCALS?

 

Cheers

 

Russell

Russell Robertson | Virtual Stream | www.virtualstream.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Andrew Wood
Sent: 09 June 2008 14:44
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] TSCAL License & SA Agreement Question

 

TSCals - if you've an  SA agreement - do you "buy" (i.e.rent) your
TSCALS each and every year  - or do you purchase them once?

 

Tia.

 

Andrew

 

 

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