They've almost got it as good as insurance companies.
Pay for the service, use it, then get charged double afterwards.
We're all in the wrong business!
Bradley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of Levi
> Bard
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:58 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] Dual-boot laptop
>
>
> > That is, of course, unless you want to pay an extra $250 each over the
> > license amount for software assurance.
> > It guarantees you that if M$ comes out with a new version of their
> > bloatware... excuse me, software... within two years, you will
> receive an
> > upgrade copy for free. I may be wrong, but I think you have to
> request the
> > new version though. I don't think its an automatic thing.
>
> If?! Their release cycle time is rapidly converging on 0, which makes a
> nice contrast to their pricing, which is diverging toward infinity. 1995,
> 1998, 2000, 2001, ...
>
> The only thing about the "software assurance" is that the system
> requirements (which also seem to be diverging) for the next release will
> be such that you'll need to purchase new workstations (complete with
> windows tax) (and then new licenses) in order to meet them.
>
> Levi
>
>
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