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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re:[Kde-pim] OFFTOPIC: KMail, Evolution, ximian-connector
From:       Klaus Staerk <klaus.staerk () gmx ! net>
Date:       2001-12-06 19:00:04
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Hi Julian,

On Thursday, 6. December 2001 15:55, Julian Hall wrote:
> > > Do I get this right, you have to pay for the CAL to Microsoft and then
> > > you are free to use whatever client you like? That means you pay
> > > Microsoft for using an Open-Source solution on Linux, if you still use
> > > their Exchange server?
> >
> > Yep, AFAIK that's the way MS practices their CAL-licence-system. They
> > don't care what kind of client software you use.
>
> Except if you use MS client software you also have to pay for a licence for
> that, as well as for the client access licence (unless you are using a
> client like outlook express which is not-charged-for).

Okay, I saw it just from the server's point of view. But that's how it's 
practiced with *every* MS Server-product. Accessing to a MS Server-product 
means that you have to pay for that action by selling a CAL - no matter what 
kind of client software you use.

> > The point is that you access their
> > holy server ;-)
>
> Shouldn't that be 'holey'? ;-)

Rather than holy, heh ? ;-)

Regards,

Klaus

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