Keywords and prhases. That depends. Effecitvely. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
