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Re: [LUG] MS Giving stuff away.

 

On 18/05/11 19:46, Simon Waters wrote:
On 18/05/11 13:57, JOHN DAVEY wrote:
    It didn't sound like something Microsoft would do.
Why not? I know we complain about their business practices a lot, but
they do do corporate giving.

Often it is software they donate which costs them nothing to give except
potential lost revenue.
I'm not sure about that: I have a relative who runs a charity that has received what appeared to be a massive donation in terms of free software from MS. But it looks like they will have to pay to 'upgrade'. So no lost revenue there - in fact a few thousand sales when one considers they were considering going FLOSS.
Tom te tom te tom

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