On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:55:33 +1300 Patrick Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> People sell computers with Windows already installed. You don't have to > buy it separately. Just buy a PC with an OEM license. yes but you can buy them cheaper without windows! and when you buy that $500 box (presumably second hand at that price) how do you know you have a licensed copy. We all know that the seller might have installed his copy of win98 on many machines, including the one he wants to sell you. > > >2. even powerpoint licenses cost money. > > > > > Not very much. Charities often get it at academic price. > >And what if the chruch wants two or three or five licenses, so the > >parishioners can tap in new songs in their spare time? > > > > > They just come in during the week when it's not being used and do it > then. There's no way you'd need five licenses, purely for the > convenience of being able to work at home instead of going down to the > church and doing it during the week when there are no services on. I > worked in a church of 500, there was only one license for the software > they used, and the several hundred songs were all typed in at that one > machine. not convinced, anyway the thread started with talk of a church effectively getting a number of workstations. and aren't computers about convenience? -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
