He said, "for 90 days on all Open License purchases of $2,000 " I'm taking to a new client that bought Great Plains Accounting software. It requires SQL server. I don't know how much Great Plains is for 25 users but Win2K server plus SQL server is close to $15,000.00. That's Open License for you.
Jamie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >So... Let me get this straight, Micro$oft is $elling Open Source Software? >The software is so exprensive that they offer a financing program? > >Right now they are probably trying to figure out how to sell air, and >copyright the existing atmosphere (soon to be renamed Micro$phere). > >I think your correct about the grammer, they must have used M$ Word's grammar >checker. > >I think the funniest thing I saw written by M$ is: > >Built on NT(tm) Technology. > >Jamie > >Sometime just before Friday 28 June 2002 08:14 pm Jacob Meuser Wrote >about:[EUG-LUG:3144] OSDN selling user info to M$ >: Well, I get home today, and in the mail is a flyer from M$. >: >: And it's addressed to the (fake) business name I used to get OSDN's Open >: magazine, which I never used for anything else. >: >: Now, had it been a flyer from RedHat, I could understand, but M$ ???? >: >: I think there's a grammar error on the front of the flyer: >: >: What if your workplace was more predictable? >: >: Shouldn't it really be: >: >: What if your workplace were more predictable? >: >: Not that I expect M$ to check that what they do is "right" or "proper". >: >: And this is good for a laugh: >: >: Affordable >: Pay no interest and make no payments for 90 days on all Open License >: purchases of $2,000 or more with Upgrade Advantage through June 30, 2002, >: subject to credit approval.* After your 90 day promotion expires, the APR >: is only 7.9% and minimum payments are less than 5% of each purchase's >: initial balance. >: >: If it weren't so thick, I'd be taking the flyer to the can with me to use >: it for what it's worth. > > -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. Cell 541-914-3985 FAX 240-371-7237 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Eugene, Or. 97402
