Re: [newbie] Licensing, Windows and Mandrake
MS, licensing, get around. that you can phrase it like that _screams_ law suit. MS we are talking here. what are they accessing and could it be moved to a linux box entirely? On Wednesday 06 February 2002 11:29, you spoke unto me thusly: Can I get around licensing stuff like this...or am I asking for a law suit? i swear to you this sig was randomly choosen by my sig file.. really. -- Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking, The Y2K Problem and The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Licensing, Windows and Mandrake
I don't know if it can be moved to Linux entirely. It's software called ACS (http://www.acshome.com/) and is church management (server/client) software. I'm trying to setup Samba on the Linux server and install ACS onto that drive and see if things will run. One big problem is that if we let them know that we're using it all on a Linux server, then they'll freak and won't give us tech support on the client machines or for the software in general. Also, updates they send out could be an issue. Anyone else have a Windows product (client/server) that they have been successful in getting to work in Linux? Thanks, Kevin - Original Message - From: shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Licensing, Windows and Mandrake MS, licensing, get around. that you can phrase it like that _screams_ law suit. MS we are talking here. what are they accessing and could it be moved to a linux box entirely? On Wednesday 06 February 2002 11:29, you spoke unto me thusly: Can I get around licensing stuff like this...or am I asking for a law suit? i swear to you this sig was randomly choosen by my sig file.. really. -- Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking, The Y2K Problem and The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA. shane registered linux user @ http://counter.li.org/ http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Licensing, Windows and Mandrake
Kevin Old wrote: Hello all, I have an issue with some software licensing and thought I'd be able to find help here. I have setup a network for my church - Win2k Adv. Server - Clients are Win 98SE To keep from having to purchase a Win Server license to handle more clients I was wondering if we were to setup a Mandrake box to be the domain controller (instead of the Win2k server) and use the Win2k server for another client if we would still be legal accessing information on the Win2k box through the Mandrake server from other clients? Still with me? Sorry that was kind of confusing. Basically I want to have client machines access the Win2k box only if they need to, but instead of the clients accessing them the clients would contact the Mandrake box and it would be passed to the Win2k server. Can I get around licensing stuff like this...or am I asking for a law suit? Thanks, Kevin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Technically, it is a single connection to the win2k server if you are using a linux box as a gateway. If you read the server license carefully you may find it says _simultaneous_ connections and if it does, you have one _simultaneous_ connection. However, the text and interpretation of that license could be changed at any time (yes, while you are using it--you agreed to that when you agreed to the EULA), and I would expect that hole to be closed soon. Micrtosoft is on an all-out campaign to crush linux wherever they find it. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
