[K12OSN] Windoze Terminal Server and K12LTSP

[James Vasey]

>From my understanding (as an AER, sorry but schools by microsoft, so I have 
to sell it).

If you buy Windows 2003 Terminal server, then your clients only need a CAL, 
providing that they access the server via an already booted system.

If they boot direct to the server they need a CAL and OS license.

i.e.

LTSP -> Rdesktop (or similar) -> Terminal Server (Just a CAL)

Straight to Rdesktop, (or using NT embedded) need an OS license (or NT 
embedded) plus a CAL.

Thats the case in UK interpretation of the licese.

James Vasey
Regional Servers


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Bartlett" <johnnyb at eskimo.com>
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Windoze Terminal Server and K12LTSP


> Here's the FAQ page - it looks like at most you need CALs and TCALs +
> application licenses.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/pricing/tsfaq.asp
>
> Jon
>
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Shawn Powers wrote:
>>
>> > Jim Hays wrote:
>> >
>> > > 1)  A MS OS license for each terminal (even though you won't use MS 
>> > > OS
>> > > on the clients.)
>> >
>> > Can anyone verify this?  If this is the case, I'm currently in 
>> > violation
>> > with my rollout for next year...  I actually thought this was the way
>> > that LTSP was the cheapest way to implement Microsoft...
>>
>> The licensing FAQ for Terminal Services on Windows is self-contradictory
>> in several places - which basically gives them the ability to interpret 
>> it
>> in any way to screw you.  I'll try to dig up the link.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
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