Complete Virus Scanner Review

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Nathan Johanson wrote:

>========
>
>Sophos
>http://www.sophos.com
>
>Licensing Model: Per User (W/ exceptions)
>$671.00 per server/year
>$5500.00 350 Users per 2 years
>
>Notes: I did contact Sophos, but didn't spend a lot of time researching
>their product for a couple reasons: (1) Sophos is not really a mystery
>to MailScanner users as it's the product that Julian himself uses.
>Sophos is also familiar with MailScanner (the representative I talked to
>knew exactly what I was talking about when I started to explain my use
>for the  product). (2) Also, the pricing above is not etched in stone
>and highly variable on who you  talk to at Sophos and when you talk to
>them. For example, I got the impression that the per  server cost quoted
>above was a deviation from their standard licensing model and will not
>always be available,
>

afaik there exist *no* licence server/year
2 server + 348 ws = 350 licences

> Nevertheless, (compared to other producst on this
>list), they're prohibitively expensive for our purposes.
>


5500.00 / 350 = 15.71
15.71 / 2 =  $7.86  per_ws/year

you can choose 3 years instead 2 years --> the longer the cheaper
you have 1000 ws? --> the more the cheaper



which arch?
linux, mac, windows, netware, ...
do you need more?


support:
wonderful


eula:
3.1.2 allow your employees to use the licensed program at home on a
single workstation ...


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shrek-m