Re: actually feeling ripped off by microsoft, I'd like input from the group

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Are you kidding? You know how many court cases are BECAUSE of ambiguities on attorney written contracts?

Gary Karasik wrote:
I think a reasonable person would agree with you (and nearly everyone else) that MS means only one client PC. The poster is technically correct that the sentence as written does not say specifically exclude other, single PCs, as opposed to say a network. It's a lawyer's job to eliminate all possible ambiguities. They haven't done that here.

GaryK

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uda6uDWKGHA.1832@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
That's a stretch Gary.

Single PC = one pc.

Gary Karasik wrote:
I believe that you are technically correct. As written, the sentence does not exclude putting it on several single PCs. Microsoft pays a lot of money to lawyers to avoid just such ambiguities, and in this case MS didn't get its money's worth.

GaryK

"MDBJ" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uQpoeFTKGHA.2828@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

sure, I'm parsing the sentence.
what part indicates that it can't be put on more than one PC?

"may be installed on a single pc" does not exclude "more than one pc."

look at
"you may install it on a single pc, you may also install it on two pcs"
the point being, the first part does not invalidate the second part.
a accurate sentance would be
"you may only install it on a single pc" which would make the two liner
"you may only install it on a single pc, you may also install it on two pcs"

do you see the difference? the way it's written, it has not excluded the possibility of multiple installations.




"James Frederickson - (MSFT)" <jamesfre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OKcFB4SKGHA.3944@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

That is what the FAQ answer said, "may be installed on a single client
computer" take a look again it is the documentation that you requested.




Q. Is it possible to install the server applications included with Windows
Small Business Server 2003 on a different computer running Windows Server?
Is it possible to install the server applications included with Windows
Small Business Server 2003 on a different computer running Windows Server?
For example, I want to run SQL Server on the computer running Windows
Small
Business Server 2003, but I want to run Exchange Server 2003 on a
different
computer.

A. No. The server applications that come with the product must be
installed
on the same physical machine, if they are installed at all. The only
exception is that FrontPage 2003, which is included with the premium
edition, may be installed on a single client computer in the Windows Small
Business Server 2003 network.


James

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| thanks for the reply.
| i'm looking for something that says, only! on a single client computer.
|
| "James Frederickson - (MSFT)" <jamesfre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
| message news:JQbu4cSKGHA.224@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Hi MDBJ
| >
| > I am sorry you are not feeling like you received good value for your
| > money.
| > I found the info you requested on the Microsoft SBS FAQ site,
| >
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/overview/generalfaq.
| > mspx
| >
| >
| > Q. Is it possible to install the server applications included with
Windows
| > Small Business Server 2003 on a different computer running Windows
Server?
| > Is it possible to install the server applications included with Windows
| > Small Business Server 2003 on a different computer running Windows
Server?
| > For example, I want to run SQL Server on the computer running Windows
| > Small
| > Business Server 2003, but I want to run Exchange Server 2003 on a
| > different
| > computer.
| >
| > A. No. The server applications that come with the product must be
| > installed
| > on the same physical machine, if they are installed at all. The only
| > exception is that FrontPage 2003, which is included with the premium
| > edition, may be installed on a single client computer in the Windows
Small
| > Business Server 2003 network.
| >
| > James
| >
| > Jamesfre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > James Frederickson [MSFT]
| >
| >
| >
| > --------------------
| > | From: "MDBJ" <me@xxxxxx>
| > | Subject: actually feeling ripped off by microsoft, I'd like input from
| > the group
| > | Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:21:13 -0500
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| > |
| > | I'm feeling either mislead or ripped off, I'd like anyone willing to
| > show
| > me
| > | what I missed at microsoft.com or to validate my feelings of dismay.
| > |
| > | History:
| > | last year I purchased a sbs 2003 basic server.
| > | I did a LOT of reading on it before shelling out the money on a
business
| > | class but for home network server..
| > | I was really happy that it included outlook licenses per cal on my
pcs.
| > |
| > | today I opened the package that contained my sbs std to premium
upgrade
| > cd
| > |
| > | I'm seriously dismayed to discover, the license for front page is
valid
| > for
| > | ONE MACHINE ONLY.
| > |
| > | can anyone indicate to me, where on microsofts website, I could have
| > | discovered the fact that the license for FP is limited to one machine
in
| > the
| > | domain before my purchase?
| > |
| > | I thought it was another client app I could distribute, just like
| > outlook-
| > | to all cal members.....
| > |
| > | If someone could show me a page under the SBS portion that indicates
| > it's
| > a
| > | single seat, I'd really like to see it.
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
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| > Hi <NAME>,
| >
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