[Lvlug] Best place to purchase software

dann s washko dann at thelinuxlink.net
Wed Sep 21 00:28:58 EDT 2005


Brian K wrote:
> On 9/19/05, *dann s washko* <dann at thelinuxlink.net 
> <mailto:dann at thelinuxlink.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Against my recommendations, of course, a client ask me to look into
>     purchasing MS Windows Xp licenses.  I'm curious if anyone has an opinion
>     on where to purchase said licenses.  Is there a legitimate, online
>     vendor who has good deals? 
> 
> 
> 
> Ok man,
> 
>   I am all over this one....
> 
>     You may have used Newegg before.... They are "teh r0xxor5" as the 
> kids say. Anyway, get an OEM version of the OS.... You can get XP Home 
> Edition for $89.95 vs. the usual prison-rape fee of $199.00 for the 
> retail version. That is simply absurd. You can also get it in SP 1 and 
> SP 2 flavors... The SP2 purchase can save a bit of time on updates....

Hey, thanks.  I was over there and they do have good prices.

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