on 8/1/02 12:47 AM, b e n w e l l s | headwerkx at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It happened here in Australia a few years ago; a charity organisation who > reconditioned old "junk" PCs to give to children and schools who couldn't > afford new year, and in turn gave job training to those were doing the > reconditioning, were hammered hard my Micro$haft Australia because the > copies of Windows 3.1 were exactly that, copies. So they wanted this charity > organisation, run with virtually no money at all, who was doing a great > service to the community at the same time saving heaps of PC junk from > landfill (and computer waste is nasty for mother earth), to pay something > like AUD$200 per licence for each machine! This story just doesn't ring true. Microsoft make their newest software available cheap for schools ( As a student I bought new, licensed, XP and Office for $6 each) -- All the best, R.A. Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
