SBS 2000 with MS Open Licensing

[ChuckM69]

If you purchase Windows 2k SBS with an open license agreement, you get a piece of paper that says you own 10 licenses, what your agreement number etc, etc. You also get the cd's, in the little binder holder plastic cases. What you DONT get is the License Add Pack diskette. How are you supposed to obtain Client Add Packs with Open Licensing?

Thanks

 

[ChuckM69]

Never mind, figured it out. Open licensing, as a reseller, is nothing more then a serial number thats worth the paper its printed on. Not only does Microsoft get you coming, they get you going. You pay for the privledge of having x number of users on your server, however, you still have to pay EXTRA for the damned floppy disk that contains the code that actually enables the licensing that you've already paid for once. So, if you buy for $400 10 extra users to your SBS system, you also have to pay an additional $25 for 1 floppy diskette that actually activates the licensing information on the server. What a freaking rip. Typical Microsoft, and they wonder why people hate them.

Thanks for allowing the rant.

Charles