Just for info. I have had a reply from the National Audit Office with regard to this and from the DOH. The NAO officer responsible for the health service asked for some more background and they say they will look into it. Might not do a lot of good but who knows. If anyone is interested in the reply from the DOH and what I sent back I can E-mail it but I'll not bore you all as I know some aren't interested. Apparently it isn't an exclusive agreement so each health department can use other software if they want. Rather expensive if there is no guarantee it'll get used, eh? :-). regards, -- IanL
MS press release here: http://press.microsoft.co.uk/releases/2001/Oct/PR2678.asp
On a side note, could someone confirm that a M$ 'CAL' - which I believe is Client Access License - only allows someone to use a server, but does not actually pay for the server. In other words if the NHS has enough CAL's, included in this deal to cover every PC, they then can't use those CAL's unless they then shell out - presumably at full retail price - for the actual server apps. Gary On Tuesday 16 October 2001 9:22 am, Robb Bloomfield wrote:
MS press release here:
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