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Hi,<br>
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As much as I hate to say this but your better option, performance,
speed, compatibility and price is with Server 2003. The benchmarks we
ran with 2003 were much better than with any other option. BUT you'll
need a hefty server and lots of patience configuring the 2003 server SW
so that it can be used. (Seems than M$ in an attempt to block hacks,
virius & attacks locked the server down soooooo tight that it
barely works <span class="moz-smiley-s5"><span> :-D </span></span>)<br>
<br>
good luck<br>
norbert<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:krsnendu@orcon.net.nz">krsnendu@orcon.net.nz</a> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I am considering my
options of Crossover office vs Win
Server 2003 for our school. We can get licences for Win Server 2003
quite
cheap, but it would be easier to manage if we only had one server to
maintain.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">It also comes down to
costs. The educational pricing for
Crossover office is $52 where as the server version is $1500 for 25
licences.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">If I install Crossover
office professional on my K12LTSP
server, will all the clients be able to concurrently access it? Or
would I have
to get the server version?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">If we can use Crossover
office Professional that would be the
preferred soln, if we had to pay for the server version for concurrent
access
then WS2003 would obviously be a better solution.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We can get it for about
(annual) $65 server licence, $6.50 each
terminal licence. We get Office XP for free.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Any advice?</span></font></p>
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