Christ, why are server licenses so expensive???? My boss wants

There's a reason most of the world's servers runs on BSD and GNU/Linux.

>>62305814
And that reason is not money bro.

>>62305825
???

>>62305825
Well it is a plus

Unfortunately the single application we are using them for is Windows only.

>>62305797
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WINDOWS-SERVER-2012-R2-REMOTE-DESKTOP-SERVICES-10-DEVICES-CAL-LICENCIA-KEY-/

>>62305825
It's the initial reason tbfh, everyone ends up staying because Linux fucking rocks

>>62305814

Yes, because they can be patched and updated without having to fucking restart every time

>>62306004
>tbfh
to be fair honestly?

>>62305797

students get server for free via dreamspark

>>62305963
well that was a stupid decision. pay up losers

>>62306198
to be frank, hombre

>>62306437
The OCR application we use has no comparison on the market.

>>62305963
Then fly the Jolly Roger

>>62306224
If you have a full-fledged job, you're probably not a student.

1. More features not found in consumer versions.
2. Extensive testing and validation.
3. If you need it, you can afford it. Which is to say: they know they can get away with it.

Other than situations like this>>62306622 what are some reasons you wouldn't just use Linux for servers? From what I can tell, it seems cheaper and more reliable.

>>62305797
(((Microsoft)))

>>62306472
to be fat husbando

>>62306724
Cost of support, usually. Open source enterprise used to make all their money on support though SaaS has become big these days and there are a lot more admins that know *nix these days than in the 00's

>>62306644
This is a reputable business, otherwise as I do with my personal stuff, I would.

>>62306796
(((reputable business)))

>>62306198
>tbfh
to buttfuck faggot holes

>>62306198
too big for her

>>62306198
tubufuh

>>62305975
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>>62306724
It is, if you have competent people administering it. Competent Linux admins are more expensive though, compared to any old Pajeet who can run a Windows server. Poorly, but whatever. Even if it turns out to be the same price a lot of companies would rather blow the money on licensing instead of labor, hiring and firing is even more of a pain than licensing is.

>>62305797
https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/
https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/
https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/
https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/

>>62306198
to butt fuck heebs

>>62307018
This

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>>62305797
>why are server licenses so expensive
Because retards like you and your boss default to using Microsoft no matter the cost. Why would Satya drop the price?

>>62305797
Weird, the license for all of my servers was:
F R E E
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>>62305797
Because when a multi-million or billion dollar company doesn't care too much about the cost of a server license they just want it working and working fast because something that is just sitting around is something that isn't making money.

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>>62305797
Your first day at your job?

>>62307159
>using dubious licenses for your company hardware
kek

>>62305797
I'm guessing you havent been pricing out CALs either. Did you know if you run MS DHCP server you need a CAL for every device which gets a IP from it? At ~$40 a pop per CAL it really adds up quick.

>>62305797
I work at a university and got several licenses for free

>>62306198
Titanium boron fragile helium

>>62305814
lol
now since you're going to post some site counting public facing web servers i'll give you my other response in advanced
lol

>>62305814
>a SMB using Linux

Have fun going out of business when you're waiting for forum replies to fix issues

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>>62309483
SMB on linux requires some "know" as the windows filesharing protocol is filled with 3 times as much shit as is necessary and distilling the suckless-less GUI down into raw text configs never did any good.

Rev up the NFS and call it a day.

>>62309483
Its even worse than that. You dont know how many times i've submitted issues to a projects GitHub and they just close it because it would be too much effort to fix. Or want me to jump through countless hoops likes set up another system (in production) and try it again with the latest development build which you cant roll back from.

>>62309631
A lot of the shit in CIFS is necessary, like the ability to steer clients to different servers. Just because you dont run a SOFS cluster doesn't mean the relevant features are unnecessary.