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On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 19:25 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > More great Microsoft news (which Google will probably like)... > > http://tinyurl.com/2d4xvvv > > It seems that if a business wants to use Office web applications on > Linux they need to buy a licence. To be fair it is also the case for > Windows too (you'll need a licence). > > I guess the advantage is that you'll save on the cost of a Windows > licence if you're building a PC from scratch but considering most > businesses will probably buy from a major system builder such as Dell, > HP etc, chances are they'll get Windows bundled in. > > I'd be interested to know how much Google charge. Office 2007 on a > volume licence is about Â300 a copy, I'm guessing Office 2010 will be > about the same. Oh and if you use the web apps, you'll also need > Sharepoint, and a Windows 2008 R2 server and... > > You get the idea. > > I'm currently doing a study into licensing costs for about 30 PCs to be > upgraded to Office 2007 and Windows 7 Pro, when I've done I'll post some > figures to the list. > > Rob You really have to hand it to M$ (and yes I am digging out dollar sign that because they earned the "insult") Many companies and governments switching to linux, and they find a way to monetise it, heck, next they will find a way to make money from the OS side when people run Linux as their OS... Oh wait, HTC and novell :[ -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- 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