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On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 18:42 +0000, Ben Goodger wrote: > On 07/01/2008, Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > - For MS there is an ongoing PERPETUAL license fee to be paid. > > Actually perpetual licensing means the direct opposite of this. A > perpetual license is purchased and continues to operate perpetually; > the model you are referring to is "software as a service" where a > subscription is paid perpetually and continues to operate for about > forty seconds. But if one purchases a "perpetual license" for MS Office 2003, let's say, does one automatically get to update to MS Office 2007 without charge? Or is the license *only* for MS Office 2003? If the case is the latter, then surely in order to "keep up to date" one must therefore continnually (or 'perpetually') purchase new licenses? Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html