Timeline for Should licensing questions be closed?
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| Dec 16, 2011 at 8:27 | comment | added | user11604 |
+1 for More importantly, as a server administrator, knowing the licensing rules may be a large part of your job. Indeed, it's worth noting that there is actually a Microsoft course/qualification specifically for administrators who are responsible for such matters.
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| Sep 1, 2010 at 16:45 | comment | added | Shane | Maybe it's just my corporate structure where I work then. I work for the government and as far as I can tell there isn't one place where I've been able to go for this info. I had to figure it out for myself. People come and ask me stuff about it now. It's annoying but that's just how it played out at my job. I still think that not all licensing questions are as localized as people here are implying. There's some very quick and dirty licensing questions that can be applied almost anywhere. The rest should go to the vendor. | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 21:39 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | why are you pouring through those documents? You should be contacting one of the Microsoft licensing partners for that. They have the expertise you and I cannot be expected to have in such a complex and often localised area. That's the whole point we're trying to make here. | |
| Aug 31, 2010 at 15:05 | comment | added | Shane | While I agree, this argument is getting close to the realm of "I can Google that in 2 minutes". I've spent hours pouring over licensing documents from Microsoft because no one else at my job would. Sometimes even finding the answer to a simple question can be difficult when faced with the pages of documentation Microsoft has on it. We're not dealing with only the seasoned vets of the licensing world here, a lot of SF users will be seeing it for the first time. It's complex stuff and I don't mind helping people with the easier aspects of it. | |
| Aug 30, 2010 at 20:30 | comment | added | Chris S | I think the point was, if you call yourself a professional you should know that Windows includes some downgrade rights (and where to look up the details). And the really tricky questions are likely to be of no value to 99.99% of people coming to the site because the details are too specific to the person asking the question. Most licensing questions come from people who should be asking their Technical Support (vendor, internal staff, or consultant). | |
| Aug 30, 2010 at 17:43 | history | answered | Shane | CC BY-SA 2.5 |