Windows Small Business Server 2003

jadams84 · 12-09-2003, 12:00 AM

Today a Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition (5 client license) was delivered to my house. It has a sticker on it that says, "Promotional Sample Not for Resale". A letter inside indicates that it is a (NFR) Not for resale copy. Is this a full version or just a trial version which will expire?Thanks.

chadlnc · 12-09-2003, 10:39 AM

It's a full version (from what I've heard), you just can't resell it.

Kevster · 12-09-2003, 02:05 PM

I got one too. I'm probably going to sell it on Ebay because:

1. I'm not going to use it on my home network
2. I need the money right now since my wife is out of work
3. My Windows 2000 advanced server is doing just fine sharing files like it's supposed to do.

It seems like a lot of people have these right now too - the going price on Ebay has dropped from around $900 3 weeks ago to about $500 now. Keep in mind the premium version they're sending out retails for $1,499 from Micro$haft. Maybe I'll wait a few weeks and sell it then.

ribitch · 12-09-2003, 04:55 PM

there are 2 copies with the action pack. The one in the cardboard is a trial (with a common serial number between all similar trials, but still requires activation). The other is a full version.

I believe the trial is just standard edition (no sql or ISA servers).

Both should have 5 cals

jadams84 · 12-09-2003, 08:02 PM

Does Microsoft have any way of tracking the software if I sell it? If I sell the software and someone else activates it, can it be tracked back to me? Must not be trackable if tons of people are selling theirs on Ebay. Will be curious to find out what you guys think.

ribitch · 12-10-2003, 05:10 AM

well, if they read this forum, you might be screwed.

Ebay has rules on software sales. I believe you must sell hardware with an OS. The last time i checked it was like that.

The activation doesn't require a name. I Dont know if the paper license that came with it is in your name or not.

I wouldnt take the risk unless you knew somebody that wanted to buy it. I would also inform them that you cannot technically sell them the software.

You may be able to give the software to them free of charge and sell them a brief extremely overpriced "consulting" fee. O think this may be more legal than outright selling it

Kevster · 12-11-2003, 03:48 PM

I was reading on Fatwallet about some people who put their copies up for sale on Ebay and a Micro$haft Ebay troll from Kirkland, WA was going around buying them up so that M$ could go after them in court. A bunch of them decided to back out of the auctions and take the neg. feedback rather than face M$'s lawyers.

12-09-2003, 12:00 AM	#1
jadams84 Ensign Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7	Windows Small Business Server 2003 Today a Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition (5 client license) was delivered to my house. It has a sticker on it that says, "Promotional Sample Not for Resale". A letter inside indicates that it is a (NFR) Not for resale copy. Is this a full version or just a trial version which will expire?Thanks.

12-09-2003, 10:39 AM	#2
chadlnc Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: North Carolina Posts: 947	It's a full version (from what I've heard), you just can't resell it. __________________ "We're just patriots against an unjust law. Just like all those guys in prison." - Homer J. Simpson

12-09-2003, 02:05 PM	#3
Kevster Admiral Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NorCal Posts: 6,124	I got one too. I'm probably going to sell it on Ebay because: 1. I'm not going to use it on my home network 2. I need the money right now since my wife is out of work 3. My Windows 2000 advanced server is doing just fine sharing files like it's supposed to do. It seems like a lot of people have these right now too - the going price on Ebay has dropped from around $900 3 weeks ago to about $500 now. Keep in mind the premium version they're sending out retails for $1,499 from Micro$haft. Maybe I'll wait a few weeks and sell it then. __________________ I think over again My small adventures, my fears. The small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, the only thing: To live to see the great day that dawns, And the light that fills the world. -old Inuit song Last edited by Kevster : 12-09-2003 at 02:07 PM.

12-09-2003, 04:55 PM	#4
ribitch Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,672	there are 2 copies with the action pack. The one in the cardboard is a trial (with a common serial number between all similar trials, but still requires activation). The other is a full version. I believe the trial is just standard edition (no sql or ISA servers). Both should have 5 cals __________________ http://ribitch.com/ipod.html

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12-09-2003, 08:02 PM	#5
jadams84 Ensign Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7	Does Microsoft have any way of tracking the software if I sell it? If I sell the software and someone else activates it, can it be tracked back to me? Must not be trackable if tons of people are selling theirs on Ebay. Will be curious to find out what you guys think.

12-10-2003, 05:10 AM	#6
ribitch Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,672	well, if they read this forum, you might be screwed. Ebay has rules on software sales. I believe you must sell hardware with an OS. The last time i checked it was like that. The activation doesn't require a name. I Dont know if the paper license that came with it is in your name or not. I wouldnt take the risk unless you knew somebody that wanted to buy it. I would also inform them that you cannot technically sell them the software. You may be able to give the software to them free of charge and sell them a brief extremely overpriced "consulting" fee. O think this may be more legal than outright selling it

12-11-2003, 03:48 PM	#7
Kevster Admiral Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NorCal Posts: 6,124	I was reading on Fatwallet about some people who put their copies up for sale on Ebay and a Micro$haft Ebay troll from Kirkland, WA was going around buying them up so that M$ could go after them in court. A bunch of them decided to back out of the auctions and take the neg. feedback rather than face M$'s lawyers.

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