>>>but you probably get limited support (ie. none)<<
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>MS gives support? <g>
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>One can buy licenses the academic version too.

As a buyer of previous and other M$ educational priced software, I can tell you the difference between are strictly price. Everything else applies the the same. We have discovered that it really takes some looking around to find the lowest price for education. The are state and federal groups that get involved with pricing and (sometimes) are lower than other sources. Pricing for education is really wacko. The only time there is a difference in education software is if it is tagged as a STUDENT version. Then it's usually limited.

Pete
Williamsville Cental School District
padams@iname.com