Cheaper software for charities

Schneaky

I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but I couldn't find anything. If you are a registered charity (or should I say represent a charity) then you can get cheap software from https://www.citnexus.co.uk :money:

So for example you can purchase a MS Office Professional Plus 2007 License for £52 (plus VAT), and then a disk set for £20 (plus VAT). Or Office Standard 2007 License for £42 (+VAT) plus disks. This sounded quite a good deal as Office Pro 2007 OEM is just under £200 on ebuyer.

Obviously it is a lot cheaper to go with OpenOffice etc. but some people are just diehard MS users!

Hope this is of help to someone.

oldtoolie

Charities can save even more. Check out http://www.ctxchange.org/

Here's the blurb:

"The CTX Programme, brought to you by Charity Technology Trust (CTT) in partnership with the not-for-profit technology capacity building organisation TechSoup, was launched on 1st July 2006.

This programme currently distributes Microsoft and Cisco product donations to the UK charity sector via the on-line CTX Shop. The products include operating system software, productivity software such as Microsoft Office, publishing software, server software and hardware products.

Charities are required to pay a small Administrative Fee to cover the costs of the programme. Whilst the administrative fees vary, charities will still make savings of between 92-96% on typical retail prices."

Larry Boyd
Tools for Self Reliance
https://www.tfsr.org
Thanks again to Money Saving Expert fans for making us one of their charities of the year.

kingmonkey

Also consider using linux which is free.

[Deleted User]

I suspect the training costs of converting "windows/office" staff into "Linux/OpenOffice" would be more than the cost of software.

lightisfading

There is a linux system called 'puppylinux' which looks just like windows and comes with all 'normal' software (email, word processing, graphics, music, video... etc etc). I don't know the slightest thing about linux but a friend of mine has recently got a web cafe set up on the system for next to nothing, and everyday members of the public use it quite happily.