Right, forgot about that barebones flavour. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote:
> Hmmmm? Hyper-V is free. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, March 05, 2010 12:56 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead > > > > Oh yeah? That is interesting. That means one extra license in each > deployment. Or do you have them all hosted on a datacenter server > somewhere? > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> > wrote: > > I deploy my SBS customers now as a VM. They don’t know the difference – but > I sure do. J > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] > *Sent:* Friday, March 05, 2010 12:47 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* RE: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead > > > > If Microsoft was really on the ball, they would have taken the EBS 4 server > product model and virtualized the whole build. That way an organization > could go from their one SBS server to a single EBS server when the time > came. There is really no reason for SBS and EBS to be sold as DVDs in a > package, they should be VMs that are loaded onto a host. > > Just my opinion though, > > Tim > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, March 05, 2010 11:35 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead > > > > In this economy I was wondering how long before it would die. Too many > medium size businesses seem to be either downsizing or just closing shop. > Add virtualization to the mix and it was kill for the product. It was a > great idea though. > > > > Jon > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <tvanderk...@expl.com> > wrote: > > Great idea…Decent product…10 years too late. RIP > > Tim > > > > *From:* David Baca [mailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com] > *Sent:* Friday, March 05, 2010 10:57 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead > > > > wow .. that did not last very long. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *Sent:* Fri, March 5, 2010 8:19:15 AM > *Subject:* EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead > > http://www.microsoft.com/ebs/en/us/default.aspx > > http://blogs.technet.com/essentialbusinessserver/archive/2010/03/05/new-it-trends-bring-change-to-mid-market-product-line.aspx > http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/03/ebs-has-left-the-building.html > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
