Hehe... in the developing world, it's only the resellers and businesses that *might* get audited that care about licenses. And as long as 'pirated' software exists, no amount of lower costing licensing will help.
It would help if Microsoft actually enforced it's licenses, of course. But it appears it cannot. On 11/21/05, Patrick O'Beirne wrote: > Here are cheaper ways to get MS software: > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39236502,00.htm > > UK firm sells second-hand Microsoft licences > Karen Gomm > ZDNet UK > November 10, 2005, 16:00 GMT > > Microsoft's authorised resellers are shocked to learn that a trade in > used Microsoft licences is legal. Could this be the start of a new > business model? -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com "Criticize by creating." - Michelangelo ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
