Microsoft Corp. on Monday finally released the licensing and pricing options for its upcoming Windows Server 2003 family, which is slated for shipment in late April.

The licensing model consists of a server operating system license and incremental Client Access Licenses (CALs) "and is designed to allow for complete scalability of your cost in relation to your usage," Microsoft said.

Retail pricing for the different products starts at $399 for the Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, Microsoft's Web server product that requires no CALs. The standard server product, known as the Standard Edition, is priced at $999 and includes five user or device CALs. The enterprise server product, the company's Enterprise Edition, costs $3,999 and includes 25 user or device CALs. Microsoft did not disclose the pricing and licensing terms of the top-of-the-range Datacenter Edition, which is only available through qualified OEMs

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