================================================ Subject: Re: Safety First... Admission after the info From: "King_Dovregubben" To: Date: Wed 22 Aug 2001 00:04:57 -0700 ================================================ Advantaged by their exclusion? Even with this plan, Corporate Customers are paying a fraction of what the retail user is paying. > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed - 7M3 - Live [mailto:creed7m3live@columbus.rr.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:26 PM > To: King_Dovregubben > Cc: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: Safety First... Admission, after the info > > > I don't know about the conditions that large corporate > agreement contain. > > I appriciate the insight into the framework for large > corporate customers. > > The retail customers might be advantaged by thier exclusion. > Along with the large corporates aided by a subscription framework. > > I just wish the subject would change to something more that > my earlier post and the admission scenerio. > > Constructive discussions lead to solutions. And I enjoy > reading your non-bashing response. > > Thanks, > > Jim > > ----------------------------- > King_Dovregubben wrote: > > > You DO realize that this is simply a replacement of the currently > > existing agreements Microsoft has with it's large corporate > customers, > > right? The customers that get deep discounts for multi-user > licenses > > and support. > > > > This has NOTHING to do with retail customers. > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Creed Discussion List > [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On > >>Behalf Of Creed - 7M3 - Live > >>Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:10 PM > >>To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > >>Subject: Safety First... Admission, after the info > >> > >> > >>It is great for Keith to admit. When he is wrong. However, > I haven't > >>found any information to indicate me being incorrect. > >> > >> > >>Since the issue seems to be that I will not admit to being > wrong. Here > >>is another piece to the puzzle. > >>-------------------------------------------------------------- > >>--------- > >> Microsoft, however, is pushing its new subscription model > Software > >>Assurance (SA) program. The software giant expects more than 50 > >>percent of its customers to sign up. Subscribing to SA costs 29 > >>percent of the end-user price per year and gives > subscribers the right > >>to all upgrades of Office. > >> > >>To be eligible a customer needs to run the current version of the > >>product. Only Office XP will be the current version on Oct. > 1, so the > >>customer first needs to upgrade. Once the cost of the four-year SA > >>contract is added onto the cost of the software upgrade, > users end up > >>paying a premium of 66 percent, the NGN calculated. > >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------- > >>--------- > >>I again know that the information regards XP office. But, > the bits are > >>seeming to indicate that the issues that I posted were pretty darn > >>credible. > >> > >>I read a subscription as regarding to pay as you go. > >> > >>If predictions are that 50 percent of the customers will sign up. > >>Isn't that like saying that the pay up, or off you go > scenerio that I > >>mentioned in my earlier postings? > >> > >>The best way to kill an issue is to not keep posting to the > list that > >>inspires responses. > >> > >>Basically, if you don't believe it. Fine!!! ... I'm tired of the > >>credibility issues. Especially, since the issues regarding > sheep were > >>discussed. for those that follow the subscription scheme. > Be aware of > >>what some seem to like to do to the poor defenseless sheep. > >> > >>You can be a pioneer into other operating systems. Make > your own, if > >>you so choose. My choice is well known. > >> > >>Sorry if I took the comment as more than it was meant to > be. The part > >>between two ----- above are excerpts from this link. > >> > >> > > > http://windows2000.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://iwsun4 > > .i > > nfoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/25/010525hnfight.xml > > > >> > >> > >>ambelina wrote: > >> > >> > >>>HELL OF A GUY TO ADMIT YOU WERE WRONG!!! > >>>LV > >>>Amb > >>> > >>>"Keith P. Mears" wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Thanks Amb. I did notice in the FAQ I posted that the Church has > >>>>withdrawn ALL endorsement of polygamy. I regret making my rash > >>>>"widely practiced" statement, and I'd like to thank Debbi > >>>> > >>for calling > >> > >>>>bullshit and forcing me to fins the facts. > >>>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>>From: "ambelina" > >>>>To: > >>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:56 PM > >>>>Subject: to go with Keith's polygamy. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>I found this at lds.org go to search then confrence > talks. Lv Amb > >>>>>(and by the way I live in Utah and DO NOT practice Polygamy!!!) > >>>>>There are very few Poligamists here BUT they are the ones > >>>>> > >>that give Utah > >> > >>>>>a bad name!! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > >>>>> > >>Creed-Discuss list, > >> > >>>>visit: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > >>>> > >>Creed-Discuss list, > >> > >>>>visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > >>>> > >>>> > >>>To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > >>> > >>Creed-Discuss list, > >> > >>>visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>"Bureaucracy is the enemy of innovation." > >>-- Mark Shepherd, former President and CEO of Texas Instruments > >> > >>To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, > >>visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > >> > >> > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the > Creed-Discuss list, > > visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > > > > > -- > "Bureaucracy is the enemy of innovation." > -- Mark Shepherd, former President and CEO of Texas Instruments > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp