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1 - I am from IBM, and I agree this was previously our stance on the subject. There can be only one authorative source on Microsoft licensing. I'll however risk a feather of my plume and tell you now that Microsoft DO require a Windows Server CAL - if the Domino server runs on Windows Server 2003 or later. Notice that this was not the case for Windows 2000 server or earlier - hence some of the confusion.
Also notice that you only need one instance of each CAL. If other things require a Windows server, they also spawn the Windows Server CAL requirement. Domino is not the sole culprit. Notice also that Domino will run equally well on Linux, or AIX and more CAL free server OS. You can avoid this charge, but not on Windows servers.

Project Liberate is actually not a new thing. We have been doing this for the better of three years by now. We have a lot of information from several hundred customer engagements WW. Information that is otherwise hard to get. Customers DO save 40-75% by getting this Microsoft licensing right - often with no other change than how they acquire the same thing. One reason why this is getting a lot of possitive attention from customers - IBM customers and non IBM Microsoft customers.

Finally customers need to notice that Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 both run under the same CAL - You do not need to have SA (maintenance) or to reacquire CAL's for the R2 release. Some customers have done this...!

2 - I so don't miss licensing questions, platform talk, CPUs, etc. Socialtext, $10/user/month

3 - I so don't miss licensing questions, platform talk, CPUs, etc. Socialtext, $10/user/month

4 - I so don't miss licensing questions, platform talk, CPUs, etc. Socialtext, $10/user/month

5 - @Niels, thanks for the great answer, I and I'm sure many others appreciate it!