ms pulling the wool over people's eyes again

[Peter]

On Fri, 20 May 2005, Walter Dnes wrote:

>  So if you're running an office full of older PCs, the Eiger strategy
> will require you to...
>  - purchase Windows 2003 Server edition, ka-ching
>  - which has heavier hardware requirements than even XP Pro so you'll
>    have to buy a heavy-duty Windows server machine, ka-ching, ka-ching
>  - you'll need to purchase multi-user-licensed versions of the software
>    you want to run, ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching
>  - each of your client PC's will require the purchase of an "Eiger"
>    client, ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching
>  - and if you want to have several Eiger clients accessing the server
>    simultaneously, you'll have to buy CALs (Client Access Licences) to
>    allow the server to talk to all the clients, ka-ching, ka-ching,
>    ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching

That explains it in not so many words. Thanks.

Peter
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