Re: [LUG] CCC Computer refurbishment

["Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/01/2008, Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

- For MS there is an ongoing PERPETUAL license fee to be paid.

Actually perpetual licensing means the direct opposite of this. A perpetual license is purchased and continues to operate perpetually; the model you are referring to is "software as a service" where a subscription is paid perpetually and continues to operate for about forty seconds.

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