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Story: Fighting Microsoft's licence check
Posted by: DC (Tuesday 27 June 2006, 9:55 AM)
Microsoft Software is far too expensive to the average user.
As an example, a typical installation used by a school (without server licences and cals), if it had to be bought retail breaks down thus:
244.97 windows xp professional with sp2 (web exclusive price!)
370.97 Microsoft office 2003 pro (again web exclusive), That's over £600!
Who can justify these kind of prices?
Legally these are what are charged if you want to upgrade a machine. An OEM licence is for a new machine only.
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Story: Fighting Microsoft's licence check
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People should wake up to the fact that software pi... softstag -
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Piracy is not theft! It's Co... MM
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Microsoft Software is far too expen... DC -
Dc where the hell are you buyi... Myles
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Athough I haven't installed WGA, the most recent s... Anonymous
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How to boil a frog? Slowly but surely.
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