[ale] MS Licensing

[Jonathan Glass]

I'm dead serious.  I had this discussion with some M$ reps while
negotiating a Campus Agreement license (basically SA for schools) for
Wesleyan, and I asked the same question you asked, and that was their
response.  No joke, no kidding, no BS (all though the SA and CA are both
full of BS).

Jonathan Glass


> Your full of it!
>
> Seriously?!
>
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> Matthew Brown
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Jonathan
> Glass
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:55 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] MS Licensing
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> On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 13:50, Matthew Brown wrote:
>> What is your understanding of this question...
>>
>> If I am on Microsoft's Software Assurance program, but allow this to
>> lapse, am I still licensed to continue using the then-existant product
>> version moving forward?  ...or does the license expire along with the
>> Software Assurance?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>
> If you were running Windows 98, and Office 97 before you signed up for SA,
> and you allow SA to lapse, then once it has lapsed, you HAVE to revert
> back
> to your original perpetually-licensed software.  If you've upgraded to
> Windows XP and Office 2003, you have to downgrade back to 98 and Office
> 97.
> You can only use software under the SA agreement as long as you keep the
> fees paid.
>
> HTH
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> Jonathan Glass
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Jonathan Glass
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