Mac OS X 10.7 institutional licensing

[8CoreWhore]

Fixed... I think it's comical every time an "Apple is moving into the enterprise market!" article comes out. Then the announcement that Lion is App Store only for the debut... what a joke.

Is there any reason to believe that once we download Lion we can not burn it to a DVD?

If we can, then people can stop being hysterical about it. I love that if my copy gets scratched or missing, I can simply DL another copy for free.

Of course Apple will make it easy for large customers. Sheesh. Relax people.

 

[42streetsdown]

it's appalling that Apple doesn't know what's going on yet.

just because the sales rep doesn't know doesn't mean it hasn't been thought about.

 

[Cougarcat]

Is there any reason to believe that once we download Lion we can not burn it to a DVD?

Well, the way you make a copy now is cumbersome and not intended by Apple. So Apple could very well break this method in the future, either intentionally or not.

It's unlikely they will change the installer this late, though.

 

[Darien Red Sox]

Most Institutional Licensing I have seen is distributed and imaged to computers from an Image Server, this image includes both the OS and any needed software. I would suspect that Lion will be able to be deployed this way.

 

[jayhawk11]

Most Institutional Licensing I have seen is distributed and imaged to computers from an Image Server, this image includes both the OS and any needed software. I would suspect that Lion will be able to be deployed this way.

I don't understand this mass hysteria. If you have a need to image more computers than what is feasible via the Mac App Store, you should be be doing it via NetBoot/NetInstall/NetRestore.

I'm just gonna keep on enjoying the fireworks from all these people freaking out.

 

[freedom42]

A point people are missing is that there are closed systems / networks using OSX that will never connect to the internet. And in many cases the only media allowed inbound into that environment is readonly.

I'm just gonna keep on enjoying the fireworks from all these people freaking out.

 

[mrapplegate]

OP, here is some info incase the rep did not get back to you.
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/17/apple-details-lion-purchase-process-for-business-and-education/