Hello ship,
If "YOU" are not planning before buying a server, do not blame Microsoft.
If you buy hardware with OEM you have AGREED to that fact, that the software
only runs on that hardware, from that vendor, where you bought it.
"An OEM operating system license (such as the license for Windows) cannot
be transferred from its original PC to another PC."
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...42/OSLicQA.doc
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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> Hi
>
> Microsoft are planning to charge us GBP790 to transfer our softare
> (Windows Server 2003 (OEM) SP2) onto new hardware.
>
> I am absolutely DISGUSTED to discover that it will cost us a full GBP
> 790 to run exactly THE SAME software on the new hardware. Worse,
> Microsoft themselves are no longer supporting Windows Server 2003 in
> any case!
>
> So let me get this right... We are paying GBP 790 ( about US$ 1130) to
> get something that we already own but which Microsoft is not even
> supporting any longer.
>
> I have just spoken to Microsoft Support about this (0870 6010 100),
> and apparently we have to start again from scratch. There is
> absolutely no "upgrade path" from our OEM software, and we will be
> required to either buy an OEM copy or buy a retail version...
> completely from scratch. We have already spent about GBP 1000 buying
> the original EOM version of Windows Server 2003, and yet there is zero
> financial assistance from Microsoft to help us buy exactly the same
> thing again, just to let it run on new hardware - even though we are
> decommissioning the old hardware.
>
> I asked about replacing the motherboard and they said that as far as
> they are concerned, if you change the motherboard you have changed the
> computer. And OEM software can not be put onto new (nor rebuilt)
> computer.
>
> * * *
>
> This situation absolutely disgusts me. And although Microsoft will be
> making money hand over fist in the short run, Microsoft are building
> up MASSIVE resentment from their customers. And in the long run having
> your customers hating your guts can not be good for any company. And
> the very minute that we get offered a decent zero risk alternative to
> Windows we shall take it and show no mercy.
>
> Those total bastards at Microsoft.
>
> I wonder if the Microsoft share holder are aware of the extent that
> this near-monopoly company is HATED for this unethical behaviour.
>
> Meanwhile, can anyone suggest any alternatives?
>
> e.g. Perhaps we should buy an old version of WindowsNT server? (Except
> will it work with the new hardware - and presumably it wont even get
> any new patches from those bastards at Microsoft)
>
> - Any thoughts?
>
> Ship
> Shiperton Heneth
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