On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Adam Bower wrote:
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:11:50AM +0100, Ben Norcutt wrote:
The Government bulk buying IT equipment is a joke. I also fail to see where they get this £70 from ours is £36.63 and even if we added the couple of titles not on our agreement this certainly wouldn't more than double the price.
I don't know the details but I thought that many schools pay once for the OS with the machine and then again under the MSSA because they need a license for each computer in the school?
It might be worth mentioning this sort of thing to your MP. I'm planning to send a cynical message to Charles Clarke (my MP) on this subject (what would I do without www.faxyourmp.org.uk?). I've never gotten anything more than a form letter from Clarke but Gibson tends to reply properly (for those in Norwich N.) Bob Blizzard (Norfolk North) is involved too, so he may be approachable on the subject.
BenE