[Sheflug] Re: OFT and MSSA

[Richard Ibbotson <richard [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James

> Yikes. Almost like a MS Tax on schools owning PC's. It sounds like
> a very inflexible purchasing deal, or MS don't trust the schools
> when they say they are running something else because they might
> just be tempted to install MS software on PC's that they have not
> paid for...

Yes.  It's kind of like tax on tax on tax.  That and the fact that the 
tax payers are paying for it.  No one likes what MS are doing to our 
school's budgets. 

> It's not very good is it?


Hmm... that sound like British understatement :))



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