Pantent infingments?

[RtX]

Exchange Server comes with a client license for up to 5 clients only. This
means that only 5 connections are available, any more would be refused. The
company (or owner) may choose to purchase more client licenses in 5 - 10 -
25 license packs from MS for more connections. It's the same way with their
Terminal Services as well. Think of Terminal Services in the same way as we
use SSH for system administration. We establish a secure shell in Linux to
administer the system or run programs on the server, MS uses Terminal
Services or "Remote Desktop Connection" to do the same on an MS server. One
must purchase the right amount of licenses to allow enough connections.

On 5/16/07, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You have to license exchange clients in addition to paying for the
> exchange server and the outlook client?  What a piece of shit!
>
> On 5/15/07, RtX <riverty at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My boss and I had this conversation today. A lot of what Microsoft is
> saying
> > with this claim is that they want compensation for accessing their
> > proprietary services like Exchange and such.
> >
> > It's screwy. A Blackberry (a non-MS product) can POP an Exchange server
> for
> > free but if the Linux community writes a piece of code that will
> interact
> > with an MS Exchange server, then this is infringement. There are even
> ways
> > to POP an Exchange server without it counting as a "connection" and
> > therefore not subject to client fees that MS would otherwise be getting.
> > There are other examples like including (or offering) the codecs to play
> MS
> > video or audio streams. MS feels that they should get money (of course)
> for
> > sucking streams using their fat codecs.
> >
> > I, and others, feel that this is a FUD stunt to try and gain back as
> much
> > server and desktop real estate as they can. Vista is nothing but Windows
> XP
> > (turd) painted in fruity colors (painted turd) that is killing them in
> > expected revenue. Sales are not what they wanted and they are really
> pushing
> > hard to get as much money as they can, for as long as they can. Business
> are
> > listening. A company will not gamble on Linux, when the possibility of
> > having an IP war with MS hangs over their heads. All they want to do is
> make
> > the shit they make or sell the shit they sell. They are not in the IT
> > industry and don't understand the evils that MS does.
> >
> > Either way, it sucks. Microsoft is a very bad company.
> >
> >
> > On 5/15/07, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 5/15/07, Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > On 5/15/07, Earle Beason <Earle-Beason at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> > > > > Anybody else know of any possible patents that could have been
> > violated
> > > > > by the open source project as Microsoft has claimed?
> > > >
> > > > MS isn't going to tell.  Doing so will allow developers to code
> around
> > > > them, or will allow the Software Freedom Law Center to work to prove
> > > > the patent invalid.  They will just use this FUD to extort money
> from
> > > > large weenie companies who are scared of legal threats.  By
> revealing
> > > > exactly what patents are infringed, they open the door to people
> > > > working very quickly to remove the infringing parts, and thus making
> > > > the code base immune from further MS claims on those patents.
> > > >
> > > > Jon.
> > >
> > >
> > > In all fairness, not all patents can be coded around of.
> > >
> > >
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