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		jpkeisala on Feb 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: City of Munich disagrees with HP's Linux migration... I recently found out that every workstation in AD needs extra license called CAL, so if you add Windows to AD or even into a shared printer you need to pay for CAL that is yearly fee. Really annoying and confusing.

amalag on Feb 5, 2013 | [–]

I gotta hope Samba 4 makes big progress, if nothing than to force Microsoft to be more competitive with their stupid licensing.

emeidi on Feb 5, 2013 | [–]

That's common knowledge, isn't it?

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