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echo: nthelp
to: Ellen K
from: Geo.
date: 2004-04-29 19:56:32
subject: Re: Windows server licensing

From: "Geo." 

Your vendor must be referring to your special licensing deal, you can still
buy it over the counter. But if you signed a deal like upgrade advantage or
whatever the heck they called it then you have to pay current prices for
current version then backgrade it instead of buying old versions on sale.

http://store.yahoo.com/computersystems2go/miwi20sew10cb.html
http://store.yahoo.com/computersystems2go/sfl-win2k-s5.html
http://www.computersworth.com/item.cfm?SKU=PW700

Geo.

"Ellen K"  wrote in message
news:b09587.9ca0e8{at}harborwebs.com...
> Our vendor just told us we can't buy it any more, but if we buy 2003 we
can
> still use 2000 and stick with our old plan... so we just have to buy
however
> many CALs the number of users has increased by.
>
> > From: "Geo." 
> > Sure you can still buy it, in fact you can even find it on sale in some
> > places as they try to move their old stock to make room for 2003.
> > Geo.
> > "Ellen K"  wrote in message
> > news:e0957a.9bab6d{at}harborwebs.com...
> >> Can we still buy W2K Server?   We don't have 2003 anywhere and I hate
to
> >> introduce uncertainties...
> >>
> >> > From: "Geo." 
> >> > "Ellen K"  wrote
in message
> >> > news:c09573.9b9034{at}harborwebs.com...
> >> >> What can you guys tell me about Windows server
licensing?   ISTR
there
> > was
> >> > some
> >> >> kind of deal where you could pay per user and then
however many
Windows
> >> > servers
> >> >> you have are covered?
> >> > Yes, that's called "per seat" or "per
server" (the two choices) but
> > that's
> >> > with Windows 2000, I think they did away with one of those with
Server
> > 03.
> >> > Geo.

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