[dba-Tech] Office 2003

We haven't opened it yet to read the small print but both my parents work in
a school, my mum's a teacher and my dad is a technology technician, so they
both qualify.

I know, I know... I didn't buy anything else though. That was the first time
I've been in a pc shop and left without wanting to buy anything else... what
a strange feeling... :-)


Jon

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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of DJK(John)
Robinson
Sent: 23 January 2005 10:50
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Office 2003


I'm a bit rusty on the small print, but I think it's legal for anyone to BUY
an educational version.  Installing and USING it however may be a different
matter - which is what the licence probably covers.  I'd be interested to
know how you and your friends qualify in this respect.

PC World?  Shame on you!  ;-)

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
> Sent: 23 January 2005 03:33
> To: Dba-Tech; dba-OT
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Office 2003
>
>
> I did a very unusual thing today - I bought an actual real
> legal licenced copy of Office...
>
> We were in a shop (PC world, sorry I'll go and wash my mouth
> out now) and we saw this incredible offer: instead of £350
> for Standard Edition with one licence, or £150 for the
> upgrade version, buy the same product for £80 with 3 licences
> because it's the educational version. There are NO
> DIFFERENCES except you get 3 licences instead of 1 and it's
> less than a quarter of the price.
>
> My dad works in a school, and happened to have his ID on him,
> but we weren't asked to prove that we were students or
> teachers or anything, so I think I'm going to have to go back
> next week with orders for some friends... So if anyone's
> interested, and fancies their chances, it might be worth
> giving this a look... for your money you get Excel, Word,
> Outlook and Powerpoint, but that's more than enough to be
> getting on with for most of us...
>
>
> Jon
>
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