[Gllug] Tossing my cookies

Mike Brodbelt mike at coruscant.demon.co.uk
Fri Oct 19 18:45:45 UTC 2001


John Hearns wrote:
> 
> And also look at page one:
> "NHS seeks 50 million save in MS deal"
> So lets get this right - MS put in a new licensing scheme, which
> results in organisations like NHS having to pay LOTS more.
> Then they do a deal with you (locking you further into MS BTW)
> which saves a deal of money - but hey, now they're doing you good,
> as you are saving.

Interestingly, the NHS deal means that they will *own* nothing. When the
license period comes to an end, they will be forced to renegotiate,
simply to continue using the software at all.

Mike.

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