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[humorous rant] I've just been advising someone on Vista..

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:58 am
by Jenk
I've just spent the better part of the last 2 hours giving advice to someone from the States whom I have frequent (non-related) conversations with, about Vista and it's Business/Enterprise licensing. To set the scene, this guy is very competent with machines, he is far from being a "noob" (though I still take great pleasure in calling him one) and is probably one of the most clued-up guys I know. But anyway..

They have received their MSDN copies of Vista Ultimate and he has been asked to deploy it on 200machines.

Long story short - it can't feasibly be done. The Network managed licenses are only available in "Business" and "Enterprise" versions of Vista (from what I can find on the 'net.)

At this point, the chap starts ranting at Microsoft in a typical geek like fashion. "If we were using Mac's or Linux we'd not have any of these problems blah blah" "Microshaft are ripoff merchants etc."

To which I retorted it's not exactly their fault that his company have decided to use the "Ultimate" edition, which is essentially similar to XP Home.. i.e. for non-enterprise use.. Licenses are managed locally etc. etc. MSDN release candidates are only for giving a headsup to developers/admins and for bughunting etc. etc.

Then comes the cream of the pudding..

"Dude, I'm blaming Microsoft because that is my employer! I support the Microsoft helpdesk! Whenever you dial 1-800-Microsoft; that's my office!"

:lol: I was in tears for a moment or two.

(because a) He's asking me about the license and deployment issues - I have *nothing* to do with Vista or Microsoft and b) He works for Microsoft [supporting the support desk of all places] and doesn't have a better idea of how Microsoft intend to operate their licensing)

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:03 am
by feyd
Match point for *nix and OS X :)

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:42 am
by Buddha443556
:lol: That's funny.

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:57 am
by daedalus__
rofl

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:02 am
by RobertGonzalez
I actually chuckled out loud. That was a great way to start the day.

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:37 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
lmfao, good story.

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:04 am
by Kieran Huggins
:rofl: