Microsoft To Change Licensing Plans
Posted by Steven Parker on 02 December 2002 - 19:11 · 1 comment & 88 views
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#1 Posted by ahodes1 on 02 Dec 2002 - 19:31
- [quote]...and access to a Web server over the Internet[/quote] Is that a hint that IIS will require CALs? That would be crazy, I'm surely misunderstaing?
The licensing modifications could radically change how businesses obtain client-access licenses (CALs) for future Microsoft products. The company until now has required businesses to buy a separate license for each computer or device connecting to one of its server products.
Starting with Windows .Net Server 2003, which is slated for release in April, businesses also will have the option of purchasing CALs per user, rather than just per machine.
Other licensing tweaks to be announced Monday include changes to licensing for terminal services--that is, methods for accessing Windows desktop and server applications through terminal emulation--and access to a Web server over the Internet, a Microsoft representative said.
The DPS specifications are expected to be adopted on mobile handsets' digital cameras in the near future, and ultimately storage vendors will be able to develop DPS-compliant products, they said.
DPS, originally developed by Canon, HP, Seiko Epson, and Sony, is written for USB connections with Picture Transfer Protocol as data transfer protocol, they said.
The standard has been designed for scalability and simplicity, using the same interface for all cameras. After a USB cable is connected between a camera and a printer, the user chooses an image on the camera's LCD monitor. By simply pressing a button on the camera, a printer responds and prints out the image. Advanced functions contained in higher-end cameras can be operated by an extended user interface, Sakurada said.