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--- On Wed, 18/5/11, JOHN DAVEY <johndavey303@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: JOHN DAVEY <johndavey303@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [LUG] MS Giving stuff away. > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, 18 May, 2011, 13:57 > I was talking to my boss about Open > Source software, which she is aware of and > would'nt mind running in the IT suite. But aparently > Microsoft gave the centre > all of it's software. Thats about 8 copies of Windows 7 > along with Office and > Word etc. So the people on the comittie who make the > descision about what > happens are quite happy sticking with it. > It didn't sound like something Microsoft > would do. Espescialy for a small > (very) charatable organisation in Cornwall. Would it be > more likely that the > machines were donated and that the software and licences > were included with them > ? > > Jon Davey. > I have bought quite a few MS OSs and MS Office for charities. MS do not "give away" this software. Cheapest is an 'approved charity in USA' (limited MS approved objectives) In UK charity pricing depends on the quantity, 5sets OSs or MS Office any mix minimum to get reasonable price. Charity pricing is above academic. regards Eion MacDonald) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq