Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft
Date	2013-04-13 16:36 +0000
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Homer <usenet@slated.org> wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee that Bjørn Steensrud spake thusly:
> > Homer wrote:
> >> Verily I say unto thee that President 7 spake thusly:
> >>>
> >>> Just recently I heard NAS device makers with microshaft crap can't
> >>> release their NAS without dishing out money for the number windopws
> >>> (l)users logging in and downloading from that box.  I mean WTF?
> >> 
> >> That would be Client Access Licenses, although I'm surprised they
> >> apply to commodity hardware like NASs.
> >  
> > The software isn't a commodity, I guess.

> I just don't get the justification for CALs at all.

Nobody has to justify anything to you.

> The OS costs the vendor the same amount of money to produce regardless
> of whether its accessed by 10 clients or 10 million, and it also costs
> technical support the same amount of money to diagnose and fix issues
> with the server being accessed, as there's only one server no matter how
> many clients it has, so how can the OS vendor possibly justify charging
> a per-client access fee?

Nobody has to justify anything to you.

> The only correlation between the number of clients and cost is the
> amount of hardware required to physically sustain the load. That has
> nothing to do with the OS vendor whatsoever.

That same retarded reasoning could be used for any software for which
even just a single copy was ever sold.  The original customer could
just image it and put it up for free download to everyone in the world.
Stop whining about what licensing terms others use for *their* products.
If you don't want to use it, don't use it.

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Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-04-12 12:10 +0100
  Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-12 07:20 -0500
  Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2013-04-12 17:33 +0100
    Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-12 12:14 -0500
      Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-04-12 19:36 +0000
      Re: Then why are you still using MS then, instead of Linux? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2013-04-12 16:39 -0600
        Then why are you still trolling about Linux? 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2013-04-13 00:38 +0100
          Re: Then why are you still trolling about Linux? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2013-04-12 20:58 -0600
    Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2013-04-12 18:16 +0100
      Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Bjørn Steensrud <bjornst@skogkatt.homelinux.org> - 2013-04-13 12:04 +0200
        Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2013-04-13 13:25 +0100
          Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-04-13 16:36 +0000
            Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-13 10:09 -0700
              Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Tralfaz <directly_above_the_center_of_the_earth@santas_deer_poop_too_much.org> - 2013-04-14 11:55 +0000
                Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-14 09:17 -0700
            Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Tralfaz <directly_above_the_center_of_the_earth@santas_deer_poop_too_much.org> - 2013-04-14 11:53 +0000
          Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2013-04-13 10:47 -0600
          Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-13 15:52 -0500
            Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2013-04-13 15:29 -0600
            Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2013-04-14 14:21 +0100
          Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Bjørn Steensrud <bjornst@skogkatt.homelinux.org> - 2013-04-14 17:59 +0200
            Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-04-14 14:01 -0400
          Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2013-04-14 11:13 -0700
  Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Rex Ballard <rex.ballard@gmail.com> - 2013-04-13 20:38 -0700
    Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-13 22:24 -0700
    Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-14 07:35 +0100
    Rex Ballard - a proven liar "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-04-14 09:21 -0400
      Re: Rex Ballard - a proven liar flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-14 10:45 -0400
    Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-15 07:49 -0500
      Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-15 09:38 -0400
        Re: Goldman says 'sell' Microsoft Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-15 16:11 +0100

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