Comments on: How to Save Big Bucks on a Name Brand Server : Part 1 – Shop Smart http://www.bastionpoint.com/blog/2009/10/how-to-save-big-bucks-on-a-name-brand-server-part-1-shop-smart/ Your Foundation For a Better Network Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Terry Collins http://www.bastionpoint.com/blog/2009/10/how-to-save-big-bucks-on-a-name-brand-server-part-1-shop-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Terry Collins Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:08:04 +0000 http://www.bastionpoint.com/blog/?p=3#comment-254 Overall good advice, however this is incorrect: You can also purchase HP or Dell PC’s with no OS or free Linux and load those computers with Windows XP or Vista charity licenses to save hundreds, even thousands of dollars on Microsoft desktop software. Microsoft desktop OS licensing is only for upgrades, there is no full version desktop license. To be eligible for one of them, an organization must already have a license for a previous Windows operating system. Techsoup.org is a great resource for charities: http://home.techsoup.org/Stock/Pages/Category.aspx?category=MS-OperatingSystems Overall good advice, however this is incorrect: You can also purchase HP or Dell PC’s with no OS or free Linux and load those computers with Windows XP or Vista charity licenses to save hundreds, even thousands of dollars on Microsoft desktop software.

Microsoft desktop OS licensing is only for upgrades, there is no full version desktop license. To be eligible for one of them, an organization must already have a license for a previous Windows operating system. Techsoup.org is a great resource for charities: http://home.techsoup.org/Stock/Pages/Category.aspx?category=MS-OperatingSystems

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