[ale] OT: project management on a smaller scale - tangential M$Rant!!!

[Jeff Hubbs]

It's amazing, isn't it?  

You can probably bet dollars to doughnuts that PostGreSQL will not be a
drop-in replacement for SQL Server in that rig.  

- Jeff

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 00:17, Keith Morris wrote:
> This has really nothing to do with the question asked but it brought to
> mind what I have been dealing with for the past couple of months.
> 
> I am no longer a virgin. I have had my first initiation into the new M$
> licensing RACKET. We have been needing to implement an enterprise-wide
> project management system.  Those-who-must-be-obeyed had their hearts
> set on M$ Project with project server and Project Clients and Project
> Web CAL's.
> 
> so we spent <obscene>MONEY</obscene> to get Project Pro Server and
> CAL's.  Well,lo-and-behold upon authorizing our Volume licensing plan,
> it says "Congratulations, you are now authorized to use your Microsoft
> Products through December 2004!!!" Wow.  Thanks.  I'll drop the disks in
> the overnight disk drop in redmond on new years eve.
> 
> Not only that, but I now have to buy a new server, buy (rent) a license
> of Win2K server, and a license of SQL server...(anyway to get it to run
> with PostgreSQL?? LOL).
> 
> Although, one good thing has come out of it after explaining the
> licensing thing to a few people, I actually saw the light come on behind
> some of their eyes...like they finally understood what that
> "Linux-crazed guy" had been going on and on all about....I guess a good
> concrete example never hurt anyone...
> 
> Thanks for the rant space... ;)  g'nite.
> 
> -- 
> Keith Morris <graphicsguy at attbi.com>
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