Hi All, Sharon shared -
> From: Michelle Klein-Hass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:48:53 -0700 > To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: get Mac Office for $50 > > On Friday 15 August 2003 03:27 pm, Shane Wolfe wrote: >> I can pick up Office X at college for 10$. Not sure about Panther. > > What college do you go to? How much can you get Office 2001 for? Currently I > need Office 2001 more than I need Office X. > > Email me offlist if you have a line on this for me. > -.\\<-H- > -- And Ron added.... >Shane Wolfe wrote: > I can pick up Office X at college for 10$. Not sure about Panther. > >WOW! It's $299 at my college. -- > Ron Reames > (Fargo-Moorhead Computer Society) www.ifmcs.net\\ $10 for Office X? Here's the deal... Several schools have special arrangements w/ Microsoft to share their software with their particular academic community. In 1997-98, Indiana University became the first school to be able to license OS and software, such as WIN 95, 98 (at that time), Office, FrontPage, Publisher, Visual Basic, etc. etc. to be shared FOR FREE to any faculty, staff, student while they retained an academic relationship w/ the university (hence, once you graduate or terminate employment, you're supposed to discontinue use of the product). I.U. paid $6 million for this blanket license (which covered both PC and Mac), MS gave them the software images, and Computing Services inherited the task of burning all those CDs. The $10 mentioned (it was $5 at I.U.) most likely is just to cover the cost of producing the "purchased" CD. You get whatever software you want, and you can install it already authorized to run. Yes, for $5 apiece, I've gotten WIN 95, WIN 98se, WIN 2k, Office 2000 "Gold", Office 98 for Mac, and.. Office X for Mac. My time is almost up on the last,and mostly I use WIN 98 just to test the veracity of a PC I'm fixing for someone, whom I inform that they legally need to have their own copy of the OS (etc, etc.) Appropriately, it's considered a breach of contract for the school to sell these specific copies to non-students/employees, nor is it appropriate to ask a current student to get one for you (actually putting your friend in a sticky situation), NOR is it proper (or legal) to have rightfully acquired them then try to resell them to others. One of our swap members inadvertantly got a bunch of these in a swap and advertised them as special "I.U. brand" copies of MS --- . I had to give them a heads-up of what they had, having visions of the disks being unwittingly sold to a (future) MS employee, and our colleague suddenly inheriting all sorts of legal heat. So, buyer beware. I'm sure there are now more schools than I.U. that have this arrangement with MS. In fact I know it, as my daughter's small private college (Gordon in MA) was selling such copies last semester. All this being said, $150 for 3 *legal* and supported stations is still a nice deal for educators. Best regards, Dana -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
