Possible. I'm trying to get our COO/VP Finance to agree that an Enterprise agreement would be a good thing.
This will become one more support for that argument, I think. Kurt On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:39, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > No, they may not. Might want to pass it on to Microsoft after you correct > the licensing issue. I'm sure they're interested, and who knows they may > assist you in the process of correcting your licensing? > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It went through our purchasing department. I think either they, or the >> minion of mine who filled out the Purchase Request that was forwarded >> to them, weren't paying close attention to what was actually being >> ordered, and the online retailer didn't care. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:20, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Did the purchase go through the proper people? I can't imagine how a >> > *major* vendor would think it was ok to sell that type of license to put on >> > a new box, that's going to be used for internal use. >> > >> >>>> Kurt Buff <[email protected]> 5/12/2010 10:01 AM >>> >> > It came from one of two *major* online vendors - I don't know how >> > legit it was or wasn't for them to sell to us, but I doubt we could do >> > anything to pressure them. >> > >> > Kurt >> > >> > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 07:36, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Well, you could always threaten to report them if they balk at the >> >> return, >> >> either in full or of only the unopened ones. The vendor is doing >> >> something >> >> not so legit. Microsoft does like to crackdown on grey market >> >> companies >> >> when it can. >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Not all of them, I think, as some have been installed already. For the >> >>> rest, I will have to check with the vendor. >> >>> >> >>> Kurt >> >>> >> >>> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 04:47, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> > That's not the appropriate license for those systems... >> >>> > Can you return them? >> >>> > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> >> >>> > wrote: >> >>> >> >> >>> >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 19:03, Ben Scott <[email protected]> >> >>> >> wrote: >> >>> >> > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> >> >>> >> > wrote: >> >>> >> >> Our company has ordered a bunch of OEM/System Builder license >> >>> >> >> Win7 >> >>> >> >> packages - they didn't use the open license agreements we have >> >>> >> >> with >> >>> >> >> our two normal vendors. >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > Since this seems to need clarification: >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > You have a bunch of existing PCs running an older version of >> >>> >> > Windows. Someone ordered a big pile of Win7 OEM licenses. That >> >>> >> > was >> >>> >> > wrong; they should have ordered volume licenses. You'd like to >> >>> >> > convert the OEM licenses into something that will give you >> >>> >> > license >> >>> >> > compliance for those PCs. >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > Do I have that right? >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > -- Ben >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Correct for the most part - we did order new PCs for the engineers, >> >>> >> and they came with no OS, but these machines are for internal use >> >>> >> only. >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Kurt >> >>> >> >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> ~ 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/> ~ >> > >> > >> > >> > ~ 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/> ~ >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
