Re: OT Open source Windows terminal server?

[Randy Orrison <randy@orrison.com>]

This is getting way off topic, but...

On 28-02-2005 14:29, Douglas Phillips wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:17:52 -0600, Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org> wrote:
>
> > I'm no Windows guru (I've gotten pretty good at not doing Windows),
> > but I thought the Win2003 Server version already had Terminal
> > Services built in.  Have you tried hooking up to the 2003 server with
> > rdesktop as-is?  Might work...
>
> Terminal Services for non-admin stuff requires Terminal Services
> Licenses.  It won't work the way you are suggesting.  The
> administrative side of TS only allows 3 connections total (IIRC), so
> that won't do what you want.

Check out <http://licensecode.one.microsoft.com/transition/> -- 
basically, for certain old WindowsXP licenses you can get free Terminal 
Services client licenses.  If the XP licenses they're currently using 
qualify, you can use their Windows 2003 server and then free the 
desktops as you planned.

Randy