@travisdh1 said in Outsourced IT Helpdesk services for IT Providers?:
@JasGot said in Outsourced IT Helpdesk services for IT Providers?:
We have a customer that would like 24/7 helpdesk support. We are not able to provide this. Are there companies how offer helpdesk services as a reseller service?
NTG... @scottalanmiller You'd be the source for this, but sounds like it's something NTG would do.
We do 
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
CloudFlare having issues this morning.
I've been so busy on so many calls, what kind of issues?
SEC files fraud charges against SolarWinds and its CISO...
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/10/31/sec-solarwinds-ciso-accused-fraud-control-failures/
@ElecEng easy to do with Postfix. But with Office 365 I don't know how that would be done.
Was supposed to be getting a vaccine for yellow fever in Managua today, but they don't do it on Fridays. So going Monday.
@CCWTech said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
Very impressive, so few people are actually looking to research and learn, just to argue. Kudos to him.
Amazingly, the OP of the secret post actually followed up and said he misunderstood what they were discussing and thought Avimark was files, not a server product. He apologized and said yes, for sure, Avimark (and applications like it) definitely violat the EULA and require a Server License and CALs for deployment.
Anyone in the Bay Area or know of someone? Have customers in Los Gatos and Los Altos that want field visits weekly. Nothing major, very simple. But they want to see a face in the area.
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Got my very own first digital camera that isn't a cell phone
Nice, what did you get? I have a photography YouTube channel I was a pro newspaper photographer in the 1990s so it's always been a thing that I enjoy.
I went digital with the Nikon D50 which LONG predated meaningful cameras on cell phones. Now I keep a slew of workhorse digital cameras (both mirrorless and DSLR) and I'm starting to collect important vintage CCD antiques (Nikon D3000 anyone?)
I mostly use Olympus for professional work but got a Sony for fun, too. But my plan is to get the latest Fuji in december when I'm in the states.
@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Moving from iOS to Android...
Honestly wasn't ready to but events have transpired to move things along.Not sure how I feel about it.
I liked it when I did it. And then regretted it when the instability and hardware problems came, and the lack of vendor protection. It's weird the things you don't think about in iOS are often the killer features. From an interface and usability standpoint, I liked the Android better.
@GUIn00b Seems right. I'm old school and learned MD before the interface was added to LVM. It's all the same stuff, just new command line options. But it sure looks right to me.
@PhlipElder said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
It just boggles my mind that the plain English, or the Queen's English if you're a Canucklehead like me, is right freaking there.
Seriously.
Exactly. You just listed why in zero possible way can you be confused. It's plain as day that there is nothing that applies to Avimark.
Why are you arguing that it can be used and showing that it can't?
@Obsolesce said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
@PhlipElder said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
@CCWTech said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
@PhlipElder said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
@CCWTech said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
@PhlipElder said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
@Obsolesce said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
@PhlipElder said in Can you run a Windows desktop OS as a server to run AVImark Veterinary Software?:
@Obsolesce We're going to have to agree to disagree.
The peer-to-peer setup has been around since Token Ring that I can think of off the top and abides by Microsoft's licensing.
We've been through audits in peer-to-peer settings, as mentioned SMB was our bread and butter, with nary an issue with setups like the p2p mentioned in AVIMark for their tiny setup. We're usually the ones schooling the auditors anyway.
TTFN
So you're saying Microsoft licensing terms do not apply if installed on devices on peer to peer networks?
You've got a lot of theft under your belt, then. Willful ignorance of terms. MVP of SBS means shit... as does (wrongfully) convincing auditors of theft.
As mentioned, let's agree to disagree. TTFN
EDIT: If you really think you have a case then report it to the BSA.
Accusing someone of theft based on an subjective interpretation of terms and conditions is a pretty serious accusation.
Suffice it to say, put up or shut up.
It is theft. There is no other way to look at it. The fact that you have to interpret it subjectively and not objectively speaks volumes.
And it's not the BSA that investigates. Microsoft works with a different company. One of the vet clinics that I am personally aware of that believes you can do this is being audited because they got caught.
BSA is in Canada.
As I've mentioned, peer to peer has been around for a very long time.
What I'm being told here is that every peer to peer setup was illegal and thus theft. Yet, in the audits we've participated in when a peer to peer was involved none were knocked for it.
It's pretty easy to sling the mud and armchair quarterback like this.
Show me some Microsoft based resources that clearly interpret things they way that is being stated here. Since the semantics and legalese seem to be the catch let's see a clear statement from Microsoft that a peer to peer setup where folks are sharing files and a printer or two is indeed illegal and thus "theft" as it's being called here.
Show me the money.
A high school student could understand this. You can not use it to host a server with certain exceptions. Because AVImark is not using just file share services, it doesn't fit the exceptions. That's it. So easy to understand.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/UseTerms/Retail/Windows/11/UseTerms_Retail_Windows_11_English.htm
It just boggles my mind that the plain English, or the Queen's English if you're a Canucklehead like me, is right freaking there.
Seriously.
Dude, let's break it down (starting to feel like I'm explaining things to a 2 year old)...
The following services _ ONLY _: file services, print services, IIS
AVImark is not those ^ (additionally, the limit is 20 devices)
...synchronize data between devices
AVImark does not fall under synchronizing data between devicevs.
FURTHER MORE:
You may not use the software (Windows 10/11) on the device to operate the device as a server. (exceptions above, but we already covered them as a no-go)
This is what installing AVImark on Windows 10/11 does to the device. It turns the operation of the device into a server (peer to peer or whatever bullshit you're spewing doesn't matter). It's a database. It's a server. It does not fall under the exceptions noted.
EVEN FURTHER MORE:
you may not install the software (Windows 10/11) on a device for use only by remote users
AVImark is this. It's meant to be installed on a "server" from which all access is done remotely.
You can reverse this as well. You are showing (correctly) that Avimark is not the exception. But there is an opposite situation. Avimark is the exact "rule". It is the EXACT case for which Windows Server licensing is required. It's not a fringe case, not a maybe, not a "kind of like", it is EXACTLY the type of workload for which server licensing is currently, and has always required. It's a perfect example of "as far from an exception as one can possibly be." It's a full client / server database backed server application in the traditional sense.
It is, and I truly mean this, our most commonly used example here of "what does an application that requires server licensing look like." Because it's so simple, no IT person should be able to be confused when using this as the example because there's no grey area, nothing to misunderstand, nothing complex. By the book server application with nothing new or confusing, nothing that would ever give it any hope of an exception.
@IThomeboy80 said in Raspberry Pi 5 Announced Today:
@scottalanmiller Can it run little proxie server with sim card support?
SIM card? You'd need to find a SIM card hardware for that. It's a computer so it can do whatever you want. But does someone make the hardware to add onto it for that?
The Linux / Windows approach gives you far more flexibility. MacOS is useless in a million scenarios. But when it is good, it's really good. The UI is still pretty crap, but things like patching they can do with a reliability no one else can. No matter how hard anyone tries, vertical integration of components means things like patching can be tested completely, not just spot checked.
@Obsolesce said in Not much luck with Linux Distro's:
Not really. When you own and design the entire stack (hardware + OS) like in Apple's case, you get consistency and generally more stability.
Gotta agree with Obs here. Vertical stack integration was chosen by IBM, Sun and other leaders when stability and performance were job one. Apple was garbage when they used "standard" parts, now they are untouchable because they are unique. They learned the lessons of trying to use common parts. Windows really suffers from that, they picked a very hard road. Makes more money, delivers less results.
