On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you software deployment outlives the life cycle of the machine ...

  Typically our machines outlive the support life of the software they
run.  We've got ten year old computers still in service.  They work
just fine for the tasks they're performing, but we've either had to
upgrade Microsoft Windows or run unsupported.

  If we were the sort of company that got rid of computers after three
years, then sure, it wouldn't make sense to buy OEM software.  Of
course, for Microsoft Windows, one still *has* to buy OEM software (or
FPP), since the volume licenses are upgrade only.

> You also lose the ability to effectively ugprade software throughout your
> organization ...

  Eh?  I don't see that.  If we need to upgrade, we need to purchase
the new version, regardless of whether we bought the software with the
computer or independently.

-- Ben

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