Also keep in mind that the EULA is different from country to country. Make
sure you check your own local version of this.

Myles

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Myles Wakeham
Director of Engineering
Tech Solutions Inc.
Scottsdale, Arizona USA
Phone (480) 451-7440
Web: www.techsol.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter sanders [mailto:psanders@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:34 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Windows O/S Config for 50-user system
>
>
> Hi
>
> From the limited EULA reading (some time ago) Microsoft DOES limit and
> has
> the right to limit (if Microsoft chooses) the number of users by merely
> specifying within the license (EULA) that their (MS) software cannot be
> used with more than xx users (insert specific value here).
>
> While it may very well be technically possible to connect many more users
> than the software EULA specifies by any protocol desired, if the EULA user
> exceeds the EULA specified connections, then they (users) are
> contradicting the EULA agreement.
>
> This could very well be a moot point of course as Microsoft probably would
> not police the EULA, however MS could police it and take action.
>
> This EULA limiting is of course all an excuse for Microsoft to continually
> improve their revenue raising. For all we know it could be just a few
> lines of code that change between XP Home, XP Pro and Windows Server 2003
> (pick your own year here :D), but of course the price changes
> substantially.
>
> I have not read the whole EULA agreement for MY version of XP Pro, and
> would prefer not to. However from what I have read the gist of it is that
> Microsoft provide this software without ANY responsibilty other than
> paying you back for the purchase price paid. If anything goes wrong it's
> NOT their fault NO MATTER WHAT! However should YOU the user exceed their
> EULA they do have EVERY right to "wipe the floor with you"!
>
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:55:01 +1100, Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > At 11:23 PM 19/01/2005 +0000, Artur Anjos wrote:
> >
> >> But this is another discussion: Kevin NEEDS to buy a server version.
> >> The problem is with EULA. Microsoft don't allow more than (5 or 10, can
> >> be sure) connections in the EULA. Just pick up a XP Pro CD and look at
> >> it.
> >> But it's still possible in an technical way. :-)
> >>
> >> One of our clients used a W2K Pro for sometime with 32 connections,
> >> before someone looked at EULA. They switch to Linux.
> >> Yes, there are times that Microsoft help our clients to achieve better
> >> solutions. :-)
> >
> > Artur - double check that. I believe the EULA applies to nodes using
> the
> > proprietary Windows networking protocol - what we loosely refer to as
> > "NetBEUI". Windows doesn't own the TCP/IP technology and, AFAIK, there
> > is
> > no limit (and no way that Microsoft or its software can limit) the
> number
> > of TCP/IP clients to Win2K, WinXP or S2K3.
> >
> > ./heLen
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> Regards
>
> Peter
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