Your business is commercial support for schools so you will
have to buy commercial software.
| Thanks for all of the responses. However, we don't do any
development here.
| We provide third party investment management support
mainly for
| universities. That was one of the reasons I asked about
the Academic
| versions.
|
| Thanks again,
|
| Tim
|
message
| | > Yes, it was MSDN. And depending on what the person's
office does, it may
| > provide what they need.
| > If they are doing any development work (inclusive of
Office, Windows XP,
| > Visual Studio, Web Pages, ...), they can use it.
| >
| > | >> Hi
| >>
| >> Was that an MSDN subscription? If so that software is
for "development,
| >> test, and demonstration purposes only."
| >>
| >> --
| >>
| >>
| >> Will Denny
| >> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
| >> Please reply to the News Groups
| >>
message
| >> | >>> When I worked at my last job (CSC), I was able to
purchase a Universal
| >>> subscription (now called Premium).
| >>> It provided ALL of MS software for 1 year (all
updates, patches, beta,
| >>> free stuff, Office, Visual Studio, ... and ALL OS
versions).
| >>>
| >>> This costs about 2000.00 and allows you to install on
upto 10 systems.
| >>> If you would like further info post here.
| >>>
| >>> Larry Gardner
| >>>
| >>> | >>>> Academic are fully functional copies of the OS but
you must be either a
| >>>> qualified educational organization or student to
purchase It does not
| >>>> qualify for upgrade to next version of OS. It isn't
supposed to be used
| >>>> for business purposes. You would need to purchase 1
copy for each PC.
| >>>> See here for more"
| >>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/academic.mspx
| >>>>
| >>>> | >>>>>I am currently running Windows XP Home edition and
need to upgrade to
| >>>>>Pro on 4-5 PC's at my office. I see an Academic
version available
| >>>>>online for substantially less money than a retail
version. What is the
| >>>>>difference between these? Also, do I need to buy
separate copies for
| >>>>>each PC?
| >>>>>
| >>>>> Thanks and I appreciate your time and patience,
| >>>>>
| >>>>> Tim
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
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