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Legacy Forums => Suggestions => Topic started by: Alexander Jesse on December 15, 2002, 06:45:29 PM

Title: different levels of SME-licences
Post by: Alexander Jesse on December 15, 2002, 06:45:29 PM

Currently there seem to be only 2 levels of support:
GPL-version
Mitel SME-server with service-link

For me the last price I have seen for the latter was way to high. But some of the features would appeal to me...

A solution might be to have different levels of professional support (logically at different prices).
I could do without
- a daily updated virus-scanner
- a mail-server backup
- most of the blades

What do others think about this?

regards
Alexander

PS: thanks for the great work...

Title: Re: different levels of SME-licences
Post by: Michael on December 16, 2002, 12:51:52 AM

I completely agree. I run a business with one employee. That's me. I have one business user. That's me. I have my son using my  servers. I have my wife saving stuff on the server. Non of their stuff is commercial.

I think, after years of messing with NT server, or various linux distributions, that SME is exactly what I need. But NOT at a cost designed to support a whole group of workers who are probably not too expert.


I would gladly pay a week's income for SME managed services. Then I could get on with being a consultant engineer, rather than an IT amateur.

Title: Re: different levels of SME-licences
Post by: Bob Pilette on December 29, 2002, 04:42:19 PM

I agree. I strictly use it myself as a router/print server on a home network.

I'd love to see a distro/license with just those functions without the email server and such.

I know i could buy an inexpensive router but I would not have as much security and the ability to have more than 1 printer on the router/print server.