On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Joel B. Mohler wrote:
>> So you mean, the only way to do it is that someone buys some big >> license from Microsoft which allows multi-user remote access? Pricing >> is (number of users) * (price per license)? > > That is my impression -- I don't know if the price per user can be > less than > price per license for local install. All of my past MS licensing > experience > has implied per user fees. Although some windows OS licenses are > per-computer, but there have always been (in my experience) clauses > closing > the loop-holes for lots of thin clients. Well damn. I guess this is the cost of doing development for Windows. So these are my options: (1) Use the windows lab on campus. Problem is, I believe for security reasons they wipe off the machines every day. I suppose I have some kind of permanent "home directory", but I'm not sure if I can install things like compilers into it. Also it's a colossal pain to lug myself over there, I don't know if I'd ever actually do it. (2) Use my wife's laptop. Not a good option: I don't want to mess with the OS at all, there's hardly any hard drive space left, the machine crashes regularly, and she needs it all the time. (3) Buy a windows license and use one of the virtualisation options mentioned before on this list to run it on my macbook. Not a good option: I'm too cheap. (4) I wonder if it's possible for the Sage foundation to set up a server and buy a small number of windows licenses for remote access. Say like 4 licenses, so only four people can be logged in at a time. Maybe that's a cost effective and legal way to do this. (Oh yeah, and then tell me I have to pay money for the client software too. Please say no.) david --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
