On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:37, you wrote: <snip> > ^ > > Cool Ten > > Is actually nearer the mark! > > It does not cover the Win O/S itself. Re-cycling machines which are still > in good working order but ex=lease a site contract is not allowed. New > licences for the underlying O/S have to purchased retail. > > It covers the client and office packages, but not the server products. > > It's a monumental rip-off imho and hopefully is not going to be repeated > when the agreement comes up for renewal relatively shortly. > > South Africa got MS Licences for every school computer in the Republic > absolutely gratis. > > Why can't we?
We weren't quick enough to trot out the probability that Microsoft was going to lose out big to Linux. It worked for a British municipality; they got a _HUGE_ reduction in licensing fees. Fact is, in NZ, we're MS patsies. -- Wesley Parish * * * Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish * * * Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
