> t would be nice if there was a program by the major software vendors that a small company just starting out could get a 2yr grace period on licensing and then

> t would be nice if there was a program by the major software vendors that a small company just starting out could get a 2yr grace period on licensing and then pay a small overage when the time was up. As has been mentioned numerous times on this page. Microsoft has such a program. It's called http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/