[ngw] smartphones

[Joseph Marton]

Well, the "free as long as you buy maintenance" scenario still holds true
with Mobility.  You've got to have maintenance for Mobility as well.

And as has been pointed out elsewhere in this thread, there's nothing that
prevents you from downloading and using the evaluation copy of SLES11.  You
simply won't get patches or any OS support.  Mobility support presumably
will be based on what sort of support you have for GW.

Joe

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Mike Brady <mbrady at ingenuityieq.com> wrote:

> I agree John. I really hope the released version comes with a license
> for SLES 11 64 bit. Otherwise I think Novell is creating another
> "we're giving it to you for free" scenario like they did with GMS:
> free as long as you buy maintenance. I hope we won't be required to
> buy SLES 11 to run the new  mobility server. Dean, any response to this?
>
>
> >>> On 4/5/2010 at 7:00 PM, in message <
> 4BBA334A.42FE.0085.0 at MAIL.HFS.MSU.EDU>, "John Evans" <evansj21 at msu.edu>
> wrote:
>   Dave might be in the same boat as some of us (his statement, "I cannot
> purchase any other software but I have groupwise on a school sla.").  I
> think the additional cost (even though modest) of the SLES 11 requirement is
> going to hurt adoption of the Mobility Pack.
>
> >>> "James Taylor" <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> 4/5/2010 6:23 PM >>>
> GMS is being phased out and will not work with a lot of current phones.
>
> This is the software you probably heard about.
>
> http://www.novell.com/promo/data_synchronizer.html
>
> It is the replacement for GMS and should work with all new smartphones,
> with exception of Blackberry.
>
> -jt
>
>
> James Taylor
> The East Cobb Group, Inc.
> 678-697-9420
> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
> http://www.eastcobbgroup.com
>
>
> >>> "Dave Moon" <dmoon at peru.k12.in.us> 4/5/2010  06:09 PM >>>
> I was recently in a meeting that talked about new software for syncing
> groupwise and active sync phones.
>
> My boss is talking about getting new smartphones instead of the blackberrys
> we have.
>
> I cannot purchase any other software but I have groupwise on a school sla.
>
> I am looking for any suggestions.
>
> Should I just setup a gms system and do it that way.
>
> dave
>
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