[3189] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: [NTSEC] Re: General Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Currie)
Thu Oct 10 15:38:29 1996
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 12:27:15 -0500
From: Tom Currie <thomasc@unicom.net>
To: ntsecurity@iss.net
CC: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> This "I hate MS because they chose their licensing terms" mantra is getting
> old. When developing Web sites, the $400 difference between the two OS
> versions is peanuts compared to the cost of connectivity and the other
> associated soft costs. Its their product to license as they wish. If you
> don't like the license, don't buy the product. Period.
I didn't. Our customers have foolish IS execs who bought it and then called us.
My beef is not the licencing costs, but the overall architectural and implementation
short-sightedness apparrent in so many products these days (not just MS).
Don't get me wrong, we charge >US$ 150/hr for troubleshooting and configuration,
so I'm not really conplaining. Personally, if it were my company (and it's not),
I would buy 'quality' products, rather than 'fashionable' products.
