Re: FN-FORUM: help - OT

date posted 6th February 2008 09:20

On Wednesday 06 February 2008 11:13:38 Gary Short wrote:
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> > From: Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: 05 February 2008 23:10
> > To: "FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: help - OT
> >
> > On the subject of licensing and the cost of software: the important
> > figure is the TCO [1] . One of the hidden costs of commercially-licensed
> > software is the cost of dealing with the licensing. Like being "invited"
> > to run Windows Genuine Annoyance before you can install a "freebie".
>
> How does running WGA cost you extra?

There is a real, genuine, non-zero part of an upcoming invoice to one of
my customers that is down to time spent trying to download and run WGA
so that I could try and install a Windows admin "freebie".

(It failed to run.)