[Gllug] M$ ties up local authorities

[Matthew King]

> Its priceless isnt it. Especially when your a contractor like myself,
> you give them a quote, and they ask about license costs and you say
> well there isnt any. They  look a little confused for a second then
> they ask you what you mean, and you tell them that the software is
> created with a special license which allows unlimited use of the
> software and the surrounding code to do what you like with it. Its used
> on millions of computers worldwide, and in benchmark tests its
> performing incredibly   well. Later you summarise that for a saving of
> a few thousand pounds of license, they have a lower maintainance cost,
> higher uptime and hence productivity and smiles its big smiles all
> round.

And then they say "Oooh no, I don't like the sound of that."

Matthew

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