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by sebastien_b 1343 days ago
Still by law firm ORACLE; this software thing is just a side business to extract licence fees out of companies that thought they could use this for free.
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The kind of projects I work on, that is a rounding error on overall project budget.

VS Ultimate, SQL Server, AEM, Sitecore, SharePoint, Azure, AWS,...

How much do the licences cost?
As much as they can squeeze.
And if they find out you've been using it commercially (even just your home machine you have a non-running copy on connecting to your company's VPN network) without an existing licence, they're squeezing your balls in open court.
I looked it up, $50 per licence with a 100 licence minimum.

Shame, Id pay per licence if I could, but instead I’ll probably just block their traffic and breach their licence. I doubt they can legally enforce those terms in Australia.

They might not be able to enforce shrinkwrap terms but they can definitely (threaten to) sue for copyright infringement. (Which could be a criminal charge too depending on how cozy your government is currently with the US)

(Up to you, just saying.)

Why? Alternatives exists.
Sure, but I know virtualbox well. I’d love to use kvm but the seamless file sharing and network bridging on virtual box is near seamless, regardless of how hacky it is.