John, I've heard nothing. But I think a good model would be if NetApp adopted something like Microsoft's "Fresh Start" program. The program was designed to address the needs of K-12 schools who get lots of free old PC's with no software. Microsoft "gives" you free Win98 and W2K licenses and media in lots of 100 to qualifying schools.

See the attached: http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=FreshStartQA

I volunteer at a High School that now participates in this program. MS also gives away other older software and gives big discounts on new software. Microsoft clearly understands the issues of our schools today and is putting their products in the hands of the students and staff with no cost to the schools.

Maybe someone in NetApp can step up to the plate too and can take the lead in putting some old filers and Netcache back to work too?

Good Luck, Hunter

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-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of John Enger Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:33 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Any news?

A while ago we had a debate on lisencing of NetApp software for non commercial/hobbyist use. We had a very promesing conclusion that the lisence system needed reviewing. I was wondering if there is any news regarding this?

John