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Re: Home Network: Windows Server 2008 and Stuff

hot carl — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:03:37 -0000

i agree with jonathan (above). go for the action pack subscription. you won't be disappointed (it includes way more than just server 2008 as well) -- pretty much everything you'd want/need to run at home.

Re: Home Network: Windows Server 2008 and Stuff

ghost16825 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:46:09 -0000

As long as it isn't Windows Home Server....
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Re: Home Network: Windows Server 2008 and Stuff

Jonathan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:20:48 -0000

For Server '08 (and any other MS product) look into the Microsoft Action Pack subscription. It's $299/year and you get pretty much any and all software MS puts out mailed to you in a big binder, plus you get quarterly updates. You have to be a MS Partner to participate, but all that means is that you can be a consultant,teacher, reseller, etc that endorses/teaches/resells MS stuff. VERY easy. $300 and you get EVERYTHING. Beta's, Alpha's and Final Releases.

Also, if that doesn't appeal to you, I've heard about MSDN subscriptions. However, I have no experience with that and don't know what all is included, so YMMV.

BTW, my recommendation for a Check Point box is to run their Secure Platform OS (SPLAT) and run the firewall on that. Very stable IMO and experience.