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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #30 on: July 04, 2006, 06:21:41 pm »
Where did you get such legit copies for cheap? Also I saw it posted someplace yesterday that Microsoft is backing down on the hardline tactics after outrage.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #31 on: July 04, 2006, 06:51:38 pm »
Mine are copies of the IT Teachers' edition, which means a few hundred allowed copies.  My cousin gave it to me (he taught new Microsoft employees XP for a while when it came out).  It's pwn.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #32 on: July 04, 2006, 07:19:13 pm »
My university offers 'student' versions at drastically reduced prices of many different MS products.  I have no idea if the university is paying the rest of the cost or if they actually get them cheaper though.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #33 on: July 04, 2006, 07:36:09 pm »
Quote from: unTactical on July 04, 2006, 07:19:13 pm
My university offers 'student' versions at drastically reduced prices of many different MS products.  I have no idea if the university is paying the rest of the cost or if they actually get them cheaper though.

I've heard of MS donating products to schools (In fact they donated XP to every computer in my school), I think theres maybe one computer running Linux and 1-2 ancient iMacs.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #34 on: July 04, 2006, 07:36:25 pm »
Speaking of which, Drexel is awesome about the computers.  They have deals with the computer companies (which most of them generally cut about $600 off laptops), and Drexel also provides all the software free.  And I'm talking expensive stuff, for legal, like AutoCAD, Maya, 3DSMax, etc...  ooo so sweeeeeet.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #35 on: July 04, 2006, 07:56:50 pm »
I had a student version of MSDN Universal which included 10 activations of Windows and Office, and 1 for each server product, for right around US$1000.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #36 on: July 04, 2006, 08:00:58 pm »
Quote from: Warrior[x86] on July 04, 2006, 07:36:09 pm
Quote from: unTactical on July 04, 2006, 07:19:13 pm
My university offers 'student' versions at drastically reduced prices of many different MS products.  I have no idea if the university is paying the rest of the cost or if they actually get them cheaper though.

I've heard of MS donating products to schools (In fact they donated XP to every computer in my school), I think theres maybe one computer running Linux and 1-2 ancient iMacs.

MS does a lot of donations to schools and charity, as long as it benefits them.  At work we were recently doing a contract for a local charity.  We went to get the usual charity version from MS, and suddenly they're charging 10x what they used to /license ($30/seat -> $300/seat).  Just remember, that whatever kind of charity they do, they're still a big (evil) corporation that's only worried about its bottom line. 
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #37 on: July 04, 2006, 08:03:15 pm »
I don't see how anyone in my school could possibly help MS. Probably make them worse off lmao.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #38 on: July 04, 2006, 08:07:58 pm »
Quote from: Warrior[x86] on July 04, 2006, 08:03:15 pm
I don't see how anyone in my school could possibly help MS. Probably make them worse off lmao.
Just a thought, but here goes.  By having everyone in your school use Windows while they attend that school, the people are getting comfortable with it.   Now, when they go to buy a new computer, they already know how to use Windows, so they'll buy it.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #39 on: July 04, 2006, 08:11:00 pm »
That's a good theory. I doubt anyone in my school cares about a PC. I'm sorry but that's just how things are. Either way I doubt Linux will be sold by OEMs on the desktop for a while so chances are they'll get Windows. LOL imagine one of the dumbasses in my school with Linux.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #40 on: July 04, 2006, 08:43:44 pm »
It's a tax write-off. 
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #41 on: July 04, 2006, 08:57:01 pm »
OU got a shit deal on microsoft stuff. They offer Office and then an upgrade to Xp Pro for $80. Total crap but whatever.
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Re: Better make sure your windows copy is legal...
« Reply #42 on: July 04, 2006, 11:08:44 pm »
Quote from: iago on July 04, 2006, 08:43:44 pm
It's a tax write-off. 
That, too.  :-\
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