I concur. Once you let your maintenance go you have to repurchase the licenses. It's going to be much better in the long run to keep up with it. Also, do you really want to let IT upgrade policy be set by how much money your agency feels it has right then? I inherited an organization like that. We had every version of Office and Windows that had been released in the last ten years. It may save money on the front end, but supporting a heterogeneous network is way more expensive in the end. True savings in support comes from standardization. Did I mention that when you do decide to upgrade you have to buy all those licenses again? Those who are only doing pay as you go do not have the same business case you do. You have already invested in all those licenses and are only paying maintenance. You will lose that by terminating the EA. *R* Randy Paul Information Technology Director Klamath County Oregon 316 Main Street, Room 20 Klamath Falls, OR 97601 541-883-5142 -----Original Message----- From: oagitm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oagitm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cummings, David Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 1:29 PM To: Pat.Hartley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oagitm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [oagitm] Re: Microsoft License Agreement All I can say is that true up down the road is a killer, and you eventually will want to true up. To do this is robbing Peter to pay Paul. I would only do this as a last resort. Just my 2 cents. Dave From: oagitm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oagitm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hartley, Pat Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 1:10 PM To: oagitm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [oagitm] Microsoft License Agreement Folks, As we here at the City are looking at a rather bleak next few years, I am considering every line item for potential reduction... I think y'all have been there at one point or another. Among one of our biggest yearly ticket items is our Microsoft License Agreement. I am considering dropping it and going to a pay as I go model. Still running the numbers to see if that works, but was wondering if anyone else on the list has done this and what challenges they saw. Any and all feedback is very appreciated. ~Pat Patrick H. Hartley --------------------------------------------- Technology Director City of Gresham Oregon W 503.618.2520 M 971.678.7631 pat.hartley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Visit us online at GreshamOregon.gov <http://greshamoregon.gov/> ________________________________ NOTE: This message was trained as non-spam. If this is wrong, please correct the training as soon as possible. Spam <about:blank> Not spam <about:blank> Forget previous vote <about:blank>