[Sussex] Much hilarity involved

[Nicholas Butler]

I just purchased 10 Microsoft Windows Terminal Services Licenses for a 
Customer. The MS Rep was explaining to me that he could not go lower 
than £50 per CAL , as this would be below the cost price. I did ask him 
what production costs were involved in updating a database and sending 
me an email to access a website and why its the same price in dollars as 
it is on pounds. It beggars belief that the phrase cost price is 
actually bandied about in terms of licensing software. Do you remember 
when cost price would be the value of a product material and labour 
costs to produce.

sigh ... still at least I got a discount through GPL .