> The worst part about planning a MS deployment is having to account for software licensing that is done on a per-cpu-core basis. > Bums me out when I see peop

> The worst part about planning a MS deployment is having to account for software licensing that is done on a per-cpu-core basis. > Bums me out when I see people putting so many resources into running/building elaborate piracy machines. These two comments are rather at odds to me. That said, IME generally the type of person who's big into self hosting isn't a Microsoft guy. I work with MS stuff at work at the moment. The entire thing is set up for Enterprise and Regulations. It's hugely overcomplicated for that specific goal only. At home I don't care about Regulations(tm). The only reason I can see for someone to bother with it is if they want to train out of hours for a job at an MS shop.