Re: Anybody using a "real" Linux domain?

From: Pat Heuvel (pheuvel_at_tpg.com.au)
Date: 05/28/05 

Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 03:10:03 +1000

Bill Davis wrote:
> This is not a request for a cookbook answer of "How do I ...?" I am just
> wanting insights from folks who may have done the following.
>
> I assist the full time techie at a fairly small school district, part
> time. They have 99% windows desktops, 5 Novell servers and a coupla of
> windows 200x servers.
>
> Due to some disguntled vendors, the school board (all of whom are
> definitely NON-techie) has been convinced by the local legal staff (all
> one of them) that Microsoft is right in their claim that a windows license
> is only good for the machine that it was sold for. That is, if you throw
> the machine away, you also have to throw the license away.
<...>

Windows OEM version stays with the machine. If the machine is being
disposed of without an OS (i.e. Linux onboard, no HDD or totally wiped
HDD) or you're changing the motherboard, you should be able to call
Microsoft and reactivate it on the new hardware.

Windows retail version stays with the licensor.

In both cases the intention is to keep registered versions of the OS
registered only to one machine.

So make sure your school's legal counsel check out both the Retail and
the OEM licences.

But I won't argue with migration to Linux - I just want to make sure
it's done for the right reason!

Regards,
Pat

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