Comments on: XenDesktop 4 – Licensing Change Rant http://nickholmquist.com/archives/108 Sun, 06 May 2012 04:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Smith http://nickholmquist.com/archives/108/comment-page-1#comment-362 John Smith Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:13:38 +0000 http://nickholmquist.com/?p=108#comment-362 This was devastating news for us, we were very much looking forward to XD4 but the licensing change is too hard to sell to management. The 2 for 1 exchange they are temporarily offering may work for some folks but it simply will not work for me. I have 3000 licenses and nearly 10,000 users a month. I have a few users who I would like to move to VDI but for about 70% of my staff, Server Based Computing applications or desktops work just fine. This sours what was otherwise a fantastic release. I budgeted VDI for CCU, I know of NO ONE who's budget is getting increased these days. I just can't sell this to my boss....no way. This was devastating news for us, we were very much looking forward to XD4 but the licensing change is too hard to sell to management. The 2 for 1 exchange they are temporarily offering may work for some folks but it simply will not work for me. I have 3000 licenses and nearly 10,000 users a month. I have a few users who I would like to move to VDI but for about 70% of my staff, Server Based Computing applications or desktops work just fine.

This sours what was otherwise a fantastic release.

I budgeted VDI for CCU, I know of NO ONE who’s budget is getting increased these days. I just can’t sell this to my boss….no way.

]]> By: Jarian Gibson http://nickholmquist.com/archives/108/comment-page-1#comment-359 Jarian Gibson Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:47:07 +0000 http://nickholmquist.com/?p=108#comment-359 Nick, I completely agree. What happens in companies with shift workers? I don't agree with 24/7 desktop usage as a reason for named user licenses. I see the license change as the only down side to the XD 4 annoucement. Nick,

I completely agree. What happens in companies with shift workers? I don’t agree with 24/7 desktop usage as a reason for named user licenses. I see the license change as the only down side to the XD 4 annoucement.

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