15 Jan
2011
15 Jan
'11
11:23 a.m.
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:19:52 +1100, Colin Finck <colin(a)reactos.org> wrote:
ah that explains why I am unable to find it anywhere for purchase. Of
course you should be able to purchase Windows Server 2008 R2 standard with
downgrade rights to Windows Server 2003 but I am under the impression
Windows Server 2008 R2 only comes as x64 (or at least, it was going to) so
you'd probably get 2003 x64 version.
ah that explains it.
Adam wrote:
Nice. :)
Using an OEM license on a computer that the
software has not originally
been distributed with is not legal (confirmed with a call to MS [...]
Of course, this is what every software vendor wants. But gladly, this
decision is not just up to Microsoft, but the local jurisdictions. And
at least in Germany, Microsoft has lost a case related to OEM software
in court (see http://tinyurl.com/dfl6u). Later court cases also allowed
unbundling single licenses of volume license contracts. See
http://www.usedsoft.com/rechtslage/urteile.html for a list of German
cases related to this.
The appropriate German law behind this decision seems to be a ratified
EU law, so it should be legal to unbundle licenses in all EU states. Perhaps you
can try Windows Server 200X Web Edition as that is the
cheapest.
Now that we only need the Remote Desktop for Administration and no extra
Terminal Services, this might indeed be a cheap alternative. But as the
Web Edition was only available in volume license contracts, it is quite
rare on eBay and other platforms.
Additionally, I'm not sure about two things: Does its Remote Desktop for
Administration also allow two concurrent RDP sessions like the other
server editions? And are there any localized versions of it or just an
English one with MUI packs? Latter one would be the best for us :-)
Not 100% sure about Windows Server 2003, but Windows Server 2008 (at
least, when I was playing with the 32-bit one as Windows Server "Longhorn"
back in 2007) allows up to 2 sessions. That includes the console session.
I recall that it also allows two RDP sessions, but then nobody can log
into the console without forcing a termination of one of the sessions, and
vice versa.
And why the hell would you want a 32-BIT edition
of Windows Server 2003?
Because this is still the main target. And as stated, we won't use the
server for real serving purposes, but just for development and testing.
- Colin
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