Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise

[jimmybgood]

I was surprised to find that one can get this kind of class software free for six months. I guess Microsoft doesn't want to give anyone a reason to go with Linux, because Server 2007 isn't ready yet.

Click - Download trial software

It's pretty no-nonsense. Once it establishes a network connection it blocks all incoming connections until you run Windows Update. You can't even ping it. I run it in a Qemu emulator.

I don't know what you do after six months. I imagine it's pretty expensive.

 

[Delbert]

I downloaded and setup a beta version of Windows Home Server which appears to be running on Server 2003.
I never did see the pumpkin date anywhere. Anyone know when this stops working?

 

[jimmybgood]

Originally posted by: Delbert
I downloaded and setup a beta version Windows Home Server which appears to be running on Server 2003.

That's pretty interesting as well. They don't really say much about what it does, though. They do say it requires a router. I wonder if that's like W2k Pro, where it will only connection share to a reserved (internal) IP address, so you have to have a router to accept the public IP. But if you've got a router, what do you need Windows connection sharing for?

 

[gpgofast]

Originally posted by: Delbert
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I never did see the pumpkin date anywhere. Anyone know when this stops working?

1 year after you activate your copy. For me March 2008.