>>>>>>Now the server machine which was running MS Server 2003 OS is being turned into a linux box for more benefits.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>More benefits? What benefits?
>>>>
>>>>Cash?
>>>
>>>How?
>>Just
>>Linux= $free
>>S2K3 = $not
>>But I don't expect this to be the actual reason.....
>>Rest,
>>Viv
>
>They are converting FROM server 2003, which would indicate they already own licenses. Do they get money back? Is converting to Linux free (install,administer,maintain,etc)? Painless migration (what was this thread about?)..?
>
>What benefits?

If Linux can do the job that that particular server was doing then what's to stop them using the W2K3 license on another machine where it *is* more appropriate. 'Pain of migration' is a subjective phrase - the pain is inversely proportional to possession of the required knowledge.


'Pain of migration'