Why did you have to mention licencing? Part 2
Did I mention about Windows CALs for printers? Well not printer specifically but those all in one big photocopier, come printers come scanners. Often referred to as MFDs or multi-function devices. If they scan stuff and copy it to a network share on a Windows server you need to have a server CAL for it.
I wouldn't be surprised if you need a CAL if something on your network is doing DNS lookups or claiming a DHCP address.
I am not particular lover of Linux but there more I learn about the more restrictive licencing practices Microsoft are in to the more I yearn for a simpler life.
CALs are probably the most irksome form of licencing known to man. It is shame that the EU and US justice system seem hell bent on removing useful bits of Windows for some imagined slight on providers of free software but do nothing about onerous licencing practices that are hidden behind an impenetrable forest of words that are at forefront of mumbo jumbo legalese.
Plain licensing terms in plain English that are fair and reasonable is all we ask. IT should an enabler of business not something that ties it up in knots and ultimate stops it from moving forward without considerable financial pain.
I wouldn't be surprised if you need a CAL if something on your network is doing DNS lookups or claiming a DHCP address.
I am not particular lover of Linux but there more I learn about the more restrictive licencing practices Microsoft are in to the more I yearn for a simpler life.
CALs are probably the most irksome form of licencing known to man. It is shame that the EU and US justice system seem hell bent on removing useful bits of Windows for some imagined slight on providers of free software but do nothing about onerous licencing practices that are hidden behind an impenetrable forest of words that are at forefront of mumbo jumbo legalese.
Plain licensing terms in plain English that are fair and reasonable is all we ask. IT should an enabler of business not something that ties it up in knots and ultimate stops it from moving forward without considerable financial pain.
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