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Who are you? · 08-16-2009, 12:52 PM

Actually I don't mind Microsoft, their licenses nowadays tend to allow much more use than they used to, yes you have to activate the flagship products, but that works 99% of the time, and if you do have a problem you call and it gets fixed without hassle. All their other stuff usually has quite permissive licenses. There are many companies that are a lot more inflexible in their licensing.

Wait until you see Oracle's licenses for their (business) software, then you'll really be scared. They like to demand access to your buildings and servers there whenever they want so they can verify you have enough licenses.

08-16-2009, 12:52 PM	#8
Who are you? Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 300001 Join Date: May 2009 Device: 505	Actually I don't mind Microsoft, their licenses nowadays tend to allow much more use than they used to, yes you have to activate the flagship products, but that works 99% of the time, and if you do have a problem you call and it gets fixed without hassle. All their other stuff usually has quite permissive licenses. There are many companies that are a lot more inflexible in their licensing. Wait until you see Oracle's licenses for their (business) software, then you'll really be scared. They like to demand access to your buildings and servers there whenever they want so they can verify you have enough licenses.