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Project and Office

  • 05-02-2009 3:23pm
    #1
    Coyler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 441 ✭✭


    Looking to install it on three machines. Standard editions would be fine for both. Just curious if one licence will do for three machines or will I have to get one for each machine? Any other ideas welcome.

    Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    KeyserSöze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭KeyserSöze


    Assuming you do not have an "Enterprise License" with Microsoft then, yes, you will need individual licenses. If this is on XP or later then you will be prompted to register each copy within the first fifty usages.

    My suggestion if you are stuck for €€€: Open Source.

    OpenProj
    OpenOffice

    ... both available for €0.00.


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Install free OpenOffice

    Otherwise with MS you have to buy a licence for each PC.


    http://www.openoffice.org/ Make sure and download Windows, not Linux version


    People not MSProject manages Projects. MS Project only TRACKS projects. Most projects can be tracked in a spreadsheet
    OR
    http://www.pureviolet.net/ganttpv/
    OR
    http://www.openworkbench.org/


  • #4
    Coyler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 441 ✭✭Coyler


    Thanks lads. I'm familiar with OpenOffice but not OpenProj. Might just give them a try and see how it goes. Was just wondering what the price of MS Office and Project would cost. Seems it will cost a fortune.


  • #5
    KeyserSöze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭KeyserSöze


    Coyler wrote: »
    Thanks lads. I'm familiar with OpenOffice but not OpenProj. Might just give them a try and see how it goes. Was just wondering what the price of MS Office and Project would cost. Seems it will cost a fortune.

    You can check out prices on Amazon.co.uk - depends what you are looking for. If it is just Excel/Word/PP then that might not be too expensive, but once you get up to Access/Visio/Project you are talking €€€.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    openoffice draw is a lite replacement for visio
    warning - the file format's are different
    bit like microsoft publisher really in that respect

    If you install microsoft applications on a terminal server then each client that uses those apps needs a license for the app, even if you only use it once a month :mad:

    if microsoft released a concurrent license for most of their apps or even a license server it would make it far easier to justify their apps. at present it seems to be a case of count the licenses than have been installed and then buy the software rather than the other way around , it's viral really. Open source is so easy to justify on the basis that there is no time wasted in licensing compliance. And it's not rocket science either even NT 3.5 server used to have a license "manager"


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