Dear list, It was an interesting time this morning at Deloittes
1. The first thing they did at ths start of the meeting is to ask people sign non disclosure agreements. The meeting revolted at that. So, no one signed. 2. There was about 20 people at the meeting including people from a number of charity / non profit as well as Aust Computer Society, state and federal bureaucrats etc 3. They want to put M$ software on refurbished computers for charities Similar to the UK version http://www.microsoft.com/UK/info/community/refurbish/ 4. They wanted to know the level of techology people are using, ie what version of windows Mostly Win95 5. How many machines could be in the program They though 5,000 a yr but meeting suggested +50,000 And just remember EVERY ONE of theose "donations" are entitled to a tax deduction at FULL RETAIL PRICE eg 1,000 copies of Win 98 + Office 2002 (388 + 1129) x 1000 = $1,517,000 tax deduction Cash value $455,100 It cost M$ about $5 per boxed item for package and media. There were a number of positives out of the meeting. a) All but one non profit group are interested in Linux b) Both state and federal governments understand they pay for the 'donations' regards, Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
