win2003 price

[jetherson]

hey guys. i am going to setup a webserver with win2003. can you tell me where can i get a legit copy of it and how much?

[gore]

I bet going to http://www.microsoft.com would be a good start.



EDIT:


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/default.mspx

[CXGJarrod]

I would go here first: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx

You should decide which version of MS software you need (They now have a web version that costs less and is only for IIS) and you can find out pricing and purchasing options.

[infernon]

You may also want to check around. If you're not going to use it for business purposes or are a little low on cash, you're going to find that M$ is going to take you to the cleaners.
If you're learning, you can always grab trial versions. I know that they usually give you a trial version when you take a course on Windows. Maybe you could find something on Ebay?

[cheyenne1212]

The recent AITP conference I went to gave awa a copy of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise edition with 25 client access licenses. Completely amazed me as that is a thousand dollars in sfotware.

As far as companies carrying it, all you need to do is find a computer store and look in the software section.

[gore]

Or, you could be like Strong Bad and use CPM!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.homestarrunner.com

I know i promote that site alot but hey, it rocks. And I saw that dudes avatar was home star's face.

Also, if your really short on cash, because Windows server 2003 is more than $1200 dollars, you might try Free BSD running Apache, its free and works well.

[jetherson]

have any of you guys already bought one for your own webserver? if so what particular store?

thanks guys

[gore]

Nope, didnt buy it, I had Microsoft send me the evaluation versiona and then I tricked the date during install so I can have it as long as I want. As many times as Windows 95 and 98 totally SCREWED me over in school papers, music, alot of stuff in general, I think thats the least I could do to get one back for the home team lol.

I took it off after a While anyway, its a fast and well done OS, but it really isnt as good as they say it is. The thing will lock you out of it after a few days uptime and when you got to log back in, it'll say you didnt use the right password.

It is fast though, kinda like a Linux box....Sorta. But yea there are a re annoyances left over.

[jetherson]

i already have almost 40 small systems and one large system on another win2000 server. so im not planning to get another OS

[CXGJarrod]

I think that the Web Version of Win2k3 is supposed to be around $400. I am not sure if it allows you to host more than one website (Still looking for info) and I will wait on that before buying the OS.