[ros-dev] Getting a Windows Server 2003 license for the project?

[Adam]

I wasn't suggesting "get an Itanium version" - I was curious as to why you  
would want the 32-bit version rather than one which can run on a 64-bit  
platform.

Of course Itanium is extra expensive. And pretty much rare these days.

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:08:44 +1100, Zachary Gorden  
<drakekaizer666 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Though I originally asked a similar question, I realized the answer
> afterward, mainly that the kernel target remains NT5.2, which is Server
> 2k3.  And while I would not object to 2008/R2, why would we get an  
> Itanium
> version?  An Itanium machine would probably cost us as much if not more  
> than
> the licenses and there is little value having one unless we were  
> planning an
> Itanium port.
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Adam <geekdundee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Using an OEM license on a computer that the software has not originally
>> been distributed with is not legal (confirmed with a call to MS when I  
>> was
>> trying to sort out licensing/activation queries of my own)
>>
>> Perhaps you can try Windows Server 200X Web Edition as that is the
>> cheapest. However, still can only be installed on one server per  
>> license.
>>
>> And why the hell would you want a 32-BIT edition of Windows Server 2003?
>> Why not Windows Server 2008 x64 or Itanium versions?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:27:48 +1100, Ged Murphy <gedmurphy at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  This isn't legal.
>>> You can't take a single user licence and opening it up to the public.
>>>
>>> Ged.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org]  
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Colin Finck
>>> Sent: 14 January 2011 15:46
>>> To: ReactOS Development List
>>> Subject: [ros-dev] Getting a Windows Server 2003 license for the  
>>> project?
>>>
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>> I've been thinking about getting a license of an English Windows Server
>>> 2003 Standard 32-Bit for the project.
>>>
>>> It could be installed on one of our servers and be made available over
>>> RDP. This would enable project members to do development and testing
>>> work on our actual target platform. Considering that some developers
>>> even use a non-Windows platform for development work, it might simplify
>>> their work as well.
>>>
>>> We may as well use the license for other purposes (Buildslave,
>>> Testslave, whatever), but at least native building could be done by any
>>> Windows version. And in this case, I might be able to donate an XP Pro
>>> license myself (German though).
>>>
>>> As I don't know about the needs of the other members, I'd like to hear
>>> your opinion about my idea. It would also be nice to hear if anybody
>>> knows a cheap (but legal!) way to get such a license or can even donate
>>> one (e.g. unused OEM license shipped with a server, unused license  
>>> after
>>> getting Server 2008, etc.)
>>> English Windows licenses are rare/expensive on German eBay, so this
>>> would only be a last resort :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>
>>> P.S.: If you have the opposite problem and actually need a Linux VM
>>> available over SSH/RDP (e.g. for testing build system changes), just  
>>> let
>>> me know and I could set it up.
>>>
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