>>Hi, John - I recall that one, too...I figured an outside vendor might save the taxpayers a few bucks, though, so I'm wondering how to go about that...anyone gone through that? Or is the savings so small and the hassle big enough that I should just go directly to MS Sales?
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>We use ASP and I'm not sure waht they charge, but ours has been on order for over a month. Asp says MS can't produce it fast enough. Had three date given to us from them so far. Latest one is Nov. 15. Don't know if they are telling the truth or not but its a real pain.

That's another consideration, to be sure. I was thinking of trying to find a vendor that had copies on hand, no back-order crap :) I've been through that with MS Sales before...