Mac Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 No point from a licensing PoV. Say you buy a £18 NHS license but you're not qualified for it - you're no more licensed to use the product than as if you had downloaded a hooky copy from Bittorrent. All you've done is wasted £18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsta Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 What happens when if you leave the employment of the NHS, does the license become invalid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 I don't know for the specific NHS one but our Enterprise ones cover employees & family for the period the employee works for the company only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCab Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 This is a cracking deal. Needs to be too considering the NHS has the biggest software contract with Microsoft in the world. The least they can do is sub some copies of office for the staff! Interesting; and amazing in a way. Someone told me the other day that if the NHS were a country, it would be the 30th largest economy in the world. We're certainly one of the biggest single employers, short of the Indian railways or [insert random organisation here]. How much of this is Snopes-able I'm not sure, but I think we're only just waking up to the joint procurement and other potentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCab Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Cruiser: I got this and you need an NHS email domain for them to send the registration key to (CD comes in post). Nothing to stop you sending it on to your mates, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Cruiser: I got this and you need an NHS email domain for them to send the registration key to (CD comes in post). Nothing to stop you sending it on to your mates, I guess. Quite. Although they would only send 1 licence on that offer I work for a global pharma company and we get the MS offer of £17 for Office and also a different scheme where you pay more like normal prices for Office & XP/Vista - although why you'd do that offer I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontyslapper Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 If you aren't NHS but have kids of school age (or not) there is a way to get quite a bit of MS software for 80% off includes Vista Ultimate. I had Office 07 Ultimate for about 50 sheets. Search for RM Basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 I've been checking out RM Basement and have a question about buying Office. All I really need is Outlook, Excel, Word and Powerpoint, so according to their website, Microsoft Office 2007 Student Licence - Basement is what I need. Easily create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and manage your e-mailContains: Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Outlook 2007 and Word 2007 But according to other places I've been looking, the home & student version doesn't come with Outlook at all. Anyone know for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was also under the impression it didnt contain Outlook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 I got a reply back - you get office Pro Plus which I understand is everything EXCEPT OneNote and "Groove" btw I have to correct this. I got the NHS Office 2007 and both OneNote and Groove are on it. They are a pain in the arse and were swiftly deleted. I am still working my way around it but like it. Wifey hates it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I work for a large oil company & we've just been informed that we can get this deal for the cost of the delivery charge - £17.31. The version we get is Office Enterprise 2007 - after having a look at PC Worlds website, it's the equivalent of the Ultimate Edition, which they are charging £549 for!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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