[ros-dev] Getting a Windows Server 2003 license for the project?

[Jérôme Gardou]

I for one, only have a winXP pro license on which I do my tests.

Le 14/01/2011 16:46, Colin Finck a écrit :
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I've been thinking about getting a license of an English Windows 
> Server 2003 Standard 32-Bit for the project.
>
> It could be installed on one of our servers and be made available over 
> RDP. This would enable project members to do development and testing 
> work on our actual target platform. Considering that some developers 
> even use a non-Windows platform for development work, it might 
> simplify their work as well.
>
> We may as well use the license for other purposes (Buildslave, 
> Testslave, whatever), but at least native building could be done by 
> any Windows version. And in this case, I might be able to donate an XP 
> Pro license myself (German though).
>
> As I don't know about the needs of the other members, I'd like to hear 
> your opinion about my idea. It would also be nice to hear if anybody 
> knows a cheap (but legal!) way to get such a license or can even 
> donate one (e.g. unused OEM license shipped with a server, unused 
> license after getting Server 2008, etc.)
> English Windows licenses are rare/expensive on German eBay, so this 
> would only be a last resort :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Colin
>
>
> P.S.: If you have the opposite problem and actually need a Linux VM 
> available over SSH/RDP (e.g. for testing build system changes), just 
> let me know and I could set it up.
>
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