Re: I wonder
@Thorne
¨Does my RAID drives mean I've broken the law because I have two installed copies of all my software?¨
Dunno to be honest. The one that makes me laugh with many software licenses is the bit about keeping only one copy for backup purposes.
I´ve been doing some combination of daily / weekly / monthly / quarterly / yearly backups of full systems all my career. Where do my employers or customers stand with such licences? What about off-site backups? Or disaster recovery plans?
And then we get on to Trevor´s overly complex link. That makes my brain hurt.
¨Can I use Windows 7 Professional like a "server" to host applications?
No. The Windows desktop operating system cannot be used as a "server". Device connection is allowed only for certain purposes (such as File Services, Print Services, Internet Information Services, Internet Connection Sharing and Telephony Services). If you want to host applications and access them from multiple devices or for multiple users simultaneously, you need to license Server/CAL products¨
Fine. At work I´ll get proper server licences. But at home?
It quite makes me want to be done with it all and move to Linux and/or OS X.
Watcha mean that I can´t host anything other than