Re: [Hampshire] anyone work with a registered charity?

Alan Bell <alan.bell@???> wrote:
> Paul Stimpson wrote:
>> Are the proprietary software deals available as
>> repeats or is it like drug dealers giving the
>> kids their first hit for free then charging
>> them once they're hooked on the product?
> it would appear to be the drug dealer model.

For MS, there's limits on the number of packages,
and the quantity of each package, that can be
bought in a two-year period. After that, you can
place another order, up to whatever limits apply
then.

What SSJ received were standard site licences.
There were a few extra limitations, such as resale
only to another qualifying organisation.

> They don't get the media if they order Microsoft
> products, some of the others may provide media.
> The Microsoft offerings are just download only.

That's new. We received standard MS Open licences,
including huge quantities of media (all the
language packs, all platforms, ...)

>> I think it would also be interesting to see
>> what considerations ctxexchange get themselves
>> and how many "incentives" they might be offered
>> by their current benefactors not to push FLOSS
>> to the charities.

I doubt they get a financial kick-back. The
suppliers don't need to - they can just refuse to
take part if they don't like the deal.

Nick.

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