Re: Partner Program comments??

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From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:55:17 -0000

<intrepid_dw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108258378.906835.199100@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> All:
>
> I'm a very small, part-time consultant, and I've considered signing up
> as a "registered" partner with Microsoft and investing in the Action
> Pack subscription that provides NFR copies of the OS and other tools
> for internal testing/review etc.
>
> I was about to sign up until I read one part of the license agreement
> that, to be honest, scared me. In essence, it says that you have to
> agree to let Microsoft, on 48 hours notice, audit your history and
> usage of licenses and that you preemptively agree to change whatever
> auditing practices you use if they don't like them.
>
> So here's where I don't understand/get nervous. I don't understand what
> Microsoft would come in and be "auditing." I don't plan to start
> pirating software, I just want the tools to be able to continue testing
> and "self-training" myself to continue the consulting side-business I
> do have. But I don't know what the trigger is that would cause
> Microsoft's black helicopters to swoop down on me. This isn't my
> primary job - I have a regular full-time job as a developer, but I'd
> like at some point to branch out more aggressively.
>
> Am I being too paranoid? The $299 "Action Pack" subscription sounds
> like an ideal way for me to be able to set up my own test environments,
> as I surely don't have the $$$ to buy the full products, and I don't
> mind reselling MS stuff as part of the process.
>
> I'd appreciate feedback. I'm a believer in "if it sounds too good to be
> true, it probably is," but if anyone has experience in this area I'd be
> appreciative.
>
> -David
>
> Please reply to group - email used in this message is old and
> long-since dead.

I'm not sure what your question is.
In the event of an audit you claim that you would be within the boundaries
of your license agreement so then you would have no issue. 

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<intrepid_dw@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1108258378.906835.199100@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> All:
>
> I'm a very small, part-time consultant, and I've considered signing up
> as a "registered" partner with Microsoft and investing in the Action
> Pack subscription that provides NFR copies of the OS and other tools
> for internal testing/review etc.
>
> I was about to sign up until I read one part of the license agreement
> that, to be honest, scared me. In essence, it says that you have to
> agree to let Microsoft, on 48 hours notice, audit your history and
> usage of licenses and that you preemptively agree to change whatever
> auditing practices you use if they don't like them.
>
> So here's where I don't understand/get nervous. I don't understand what
> Microsoft would come in and be "auditing." I don't plan to start
> pirating software, I just want the tools to be able to continue testing
> and "self-training" myself to continue the consulting side-business I
> do have. But I don't know what the trigger is that would cause
> Microsoft's black helicopters to swoop down on me. This isn't my
> primary job - I have a regular full-time job as a developer, but I'd
> like at some point to branch out more aggressively.
>
> Am I being too paranoid? The $299 "Action Pack" subscription sounds
> like an ideal way for me to be able to set up my own test environments,
> as I surely don't have the $$$ to buy the full products, and I don't
> mind reselling MS stuff as part of the process.
>
> I'd appreciate feedback. I'm a believer in "if it sounds too good to be
> true, it probably is," but if anyone has experience in this area I'd be
> appreciative.
>
> -David
>
> Please reply to group - email used in this message is old and
> long-since dead.
>
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