The Romanian subsidiary of Microsoft yesterday showcased the first large programme of software rental during the TechNet session.
The company intends to help again the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, which contributed with 70% to the company’s turnover over the first semester of 2001 fiscal year.
Open Subscription License programme aims at the companies whose IT park includes more than 25 PCs through which the IT equipment may be brought in line with certain standards.
According to official sources within the company, the programme will be largely advertised under the “NSoftware for daily coffee price?” slogan.
“Any interested company may rent Microsoft products under a three-month contract for the licence of Windows 2000 Professional, Office 2000 Professional and BackOffice 2000 Client Access Licence,” Gabriel Pavel, sales representative within Microsoft Romania SME Department, told Ziarul Financiar.
The companies that rent all the three business products will benefit from 15% discount and will thus pay 260 dollars annually for each PC included in the contract.
When the contract ends, the client-company has three choices: extend the validity of the rented Microsoft platforms, buy a permanent licence or give up using them. If the company wants to buy a permanent licence, it will pay 400 dollars more, standing for one and a half instalment.
Under the contract, the client also benefits from technical assistance, but the number of interventions depends on the number of PCs for which the contract is enforced. The rented software will also be updated for free over the contract validity span.
The companies having already purchased a licence for one of the above-mentioned software, including former versions, are offered a 50% discount at the first annual instalment.
For instance, one who has purchased Office 97 will pay only 50% of the first annual instalment when renting Office 2000 Professional platform.