Re: Office License for Church

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From: Cerridwen (cerridwen_at_celticnet.com)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:39:46 -0000

msuryadarma wrote:
> Hi all, I have a question and hope that I could get some help from you
> experts :).
>
> The church that I go to just got a donation of 12 computers. We're
> thinking about setting them up for classes for senior citizens or
> homemakers who want to get back to the workplace. Obviously we're
> going to need to install MS Office on these machines. The problem is,
> the church's budget is limited and therefore would like to find out
> what "low-cost" ways are possible. We are NOT going to install pirated
> software.
>
> I found out that it's not possible to buy MS products for a church
> under the category of non-profit, so that's out of the question. The
> other option is to buy an older version. So my question is:
>
> 1. Is there such a thing that when an Office is old enough, then we
> can install it on multiple computers using one license?

Nope - this is called stealing.

 If this is the
> case, then we can buy one copy of Office 97 and install it on all the
> machines.

Se above.

> 2. If not, what options to we have? Buy 12 copies of Office 97?

You can't do that either - it's no longer sold or supported.
>
> Do you know if the same policy also applies to Windows OS?

What policy - it doesn't apply to Office and it doesn't apply to Windows. If
you want cheap and cheerful - install Linux and OpenOffice.
>
> Any response is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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