[sdw2003] Recipe for splitting the network/business

[BMF]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:35 PM, James Eitzen <jeitzen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> With sbs2003 you get exchange, sharepoint, remote web workplace.

http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSSERVER2003/SBS/HOWTOBUY/PRICING.MSPX

$599 with 5 client access licenses (CALs) T72-01411

$489 5-pack CALS

$1088. Hire an 11th employee? That'll be another $489 please. If this
is "a good day's work" as you said and you charge a reasonable
consulting fee of $80/hr the consulting comes to $640 which is only
59% of the software license cost! But we aren't done yet. You need an
enterprise virus scanner etc. For this client the fun has only just
begun! :)

> Easily scalable and service is readily found.

How easily scalable is it when you have to buy more licenses to scale?
There are plenty of other solutions which are more easily scalable
(both license-wise and technically speaking, nobody runs a major
website on Sharepoint) with readily found service. If this client does
end up running Sharepoint be sure to get them patched up as frequently
as possible:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4206
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-044.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/971492.mspx

etc.

BMF