[THIN] Re: XPe or MPS4 ???
- From: Bill Beckett <bill.beckett@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:48:57 -0500
Don't they have PS4 for Win2K?
On 1/3/06, Berny Stapleton <berny.stapleton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It depends, if you have subscription advantage then you should be able to
> get MPS4 for nothing. I don't think you can get XPe licenses any longer, I
> think you can buy MPS4 licenses and get XPe licenses from the tech support
> desks, but I am pretty sure that XPe licenses can't be bought as of end of
> last year. (Check with your reseller though)
>
> If you had Microsoft subscription advantage cover of your Win2k clients
> when Windows XP came out (24th April 2003) you will find that you will be
> entitled to the Win2k3 TS CALs as well. So essentially, you have already
> paid for the software side of things.(
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/tsletter.mspx)
> If not then you will have to pay for the Win2k3 TS CALs. So single wammy.
> If you don't have the Subscription Advantage, then you would have had to pay
> for both.
>
> If you have support on your Citrix XPe, then you could well find that you
> are entitled to MPS4.
>
> At the end fo the day cost or not, you are going to have to upgrade, Win2k
> is already in Extended support, and although it will be around for another 4
> years, it's going to be dead soon enough. It's coming up to 6 years old
> now. Dollars and cents will should also include the cost of migrating your
> platform. You may find that some of the applications that you run on your
> Citrix servers at the moment might not be supported on Win2k3.
>
> Soon enough XPe isn't going to be supported. I am pretty sure that it gets
> pulled from maintenance as of the end of this year, and it his unsupported
> end of next...
>
> Berny
>
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> *Sent:* 03 January 2006 15:48
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] XPe or MPS4 ???
>
>
> Happy New Year Gang,
>
> I guess talking dollars+cents, what is "cheaper", Windows 2003+XPe or
> Windows 2003+MPS4 ???
>
> We currently run 10 servers that are Windows 2000/SP3 + XPe/SP3 w/ Sub.
> Adv. and our clients are Win2000/SP4 and WinXP/SP1
>
> I hear stuff about double whammy with TS Licenses.
>
> Please reply to the list if you need additional info.
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