Product: Windows® 2000 Professional Operating System
Company: Microsoft Corporation
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000
List Price: $319.00 
Review By: Julien Jay

Pricing

For your reference, here is Microsoft's complete pricing guide for the Windows 2000 Operating System:

Client

Server

Windows 2000 Server & 5 Client Access Licenses (CALs) - $999.00
Windows 2000 Server & 10 CALs - $1,199.00
Windows 2000 Server & 5 CALs/Competitive Upgrade - $499.00
Windows 2000 Server & 10 CALs/Competitive Upgrade - $599.00
Windows 2000 Server & 25 CALs/Competive Upgrade - $899.00

Advanced Server

Windows 2000 Advanced Server & 25 CALs - $3,999.00
Windows 2000 Advanced Server & 25 CALs/Competitive or Version Upgrade - $3,599.00
Windows 2000 Advanced Server & 25 CALs/Version Upgrade (from NT 4.0 Enterprise) - $1,999
Windows 2000 Advanced Server and 25 CALs Product Upgrade - $3,199.00

Windows 2000 CALs

Windows 2000 Server CAL 5 pack - $199.00
Windows 2000 Server CAL 20 pack - $799.00
Windows 2000 Server & 25 CAL's - $1,799.00
Windows 2000 Terminal Services CAL 5 pack - $749.00
Windows 2000 Terminal Services CAL 20 pack - $2,669.00
Windows 2000 Terminal Services CAL Upgrade 5 pack - $359.00
Windows 2000 Upgrade 20 pack - $1289.00
Windows 2000 Server CAL Upgrade 5 pack - $100.00
Windows 2000 Server CAL Upgrade 20 pack - $399.00
Windows 2000 Server Internet Connector - $1,999.00
Windows 2000 Terminal Services Internet Connector License - $9,999.00 **

**Allows 200 concurrent users to connect anonymously to Terminal Services over the Internet.

Free Upgrade

Customers who are enrolled in volume licensing Upgrade Advantage/Maintenance or included as part of an Enterprise Agreement will be eligible to receive upgrades to the equivalent Windows 2000 product for no additional charge. The following table shows Upgrade Advantage/Maintenance coverage to its corresponding free product upgrades.