Re: absolutely mind-blowing

["David L. Parsley" <parsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug K Nordwall wrote:
> 
> slight error..I forgot the client access license on win2k..you can
> check out the licensing of temrinal server here
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/server/pricing/terminal.asp

Ahh... yup that does the trick.  So it appears:

Just to connect to the server requires a CAL and either a TSCAL or W2K
Pro license.  I like the wording 'regardless of the protocol or software
used to interact with applications running on the server'.  Ok, I can
swallow this; there's nothing here preventing use of rdesktop.  The
other message I find kind of funny (the MS reply):

'Customers using third-party RDP clients from RDP licensees will receive
support from Microsoft via their usual channels in matters unrelated to
display or connection problems. Customers using non-licensed clients
cannot
receive this benefit.'

Oh darn, we've gotten so much high-quality support from MS this year. 
That's baloney anyway.  As long as I've got, say, two machines with
licensed clients with which I could reproduce a problem, they would have
to support those.

Finally, I've been using Linux so long, it's just mindboggling to read
how it requires such-and-such licenses just to connect to the stupid
box.  What knuckleheads.  This reminds me: have any of you visited
http://www.ltsp.org?  That's the stuff I work with mostly.

regards,
	David

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David L. Parsley
Network Administrator
Roanoke College