[ale] MS Licensing

[Christopher Fowler]

If this is for your business and you are this concerned about it then
ask you lawyer to read it.  The money you spend on the lawyer could save
you the fees of a possible audit.

On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 15:17, Jonathan Glass wrote:
> 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?!
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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
> > --
> > Jonathan Glass
> > Systems Support Specialist II
> > Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience Georgia Institute of Technology
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