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1. Glyn Moody

   NHS loses massive Microsoft licensing rebate - http://bit.ly/c5KA3p excellent news: couldn't come at a better time #opensource #nhs

   Thursday, 15-Jul-10 11:11:59 UTC from Gwibber
   • Billy and foonetic (lnxwalt140) repeated this.
   • silner

     @glynmoody Looking at that from another angle: are Microsoft saying they can't fulfil their 9 year contract? That's outrageous.

     Thursday, 15-Jul-10 11:19:54 UTC
   • Miia Ranta

     @glynmoody somehow I can't quite imagine how extra costs could be *excellent* news

     Thursday, 15-Jul-10 11:32:39 UTC
   • Glyn Moody Miia Ranta

     @myrtti because it might make people realise that they don't have to pay them: open source covers many of their needs

     Thursday, 15-Jul-10 11:59:41 UTC
   • Miia Ranta

     @glynmoody what guarantees are there that the extra costs mentioned in the article + training don't exceed the MS licence costs?

     Thursday, 15-Jul-10 15:04:08 UTC
   • Glyn Moody Miia Ranta

     @myrtti that's what needs to be investigated: the *total* costs, including exit cost, which is higher for Microsoft

     Thursday, 15-Jul-10 15:06:23 UTC
   • Miia Ranta

     @glynmoody that is why I'm so hesitant to call it "excellent news"...

     Thursday, 15-Jul-10 15:12:45 UTC
   • Glyn Moody Miia Ranta

     @myrtti well, perhaps I was being a smidge provocative there...

     Thursday, 15-Jul-10 15:14:46 UTC