From: Bob Callaway (callaway@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 17:13:25 PDT
I discussed the "Adobe flyer" with TRC and with the coordinator of
the UC-wide technology acquisition group. There was a mailing list
error at TRC that resulted in the Adobe pricing flyer going to UC
addresses. TRC has apologized.
The pricing cannot be honored because UC has not completed an
agreement with Adobe for its academic discount program. UC has been
trying to negotiate this agreement for many months. The contract
proposed by Adobe contained some terms that are unacceptable to UC.
Adobe has been less willing than most of our vendors to make the
necessary changes. It is possible that this agreement will never be
signed. But if it is signed, I will be announcing the deal via
Micronet, MAGnet, etc., as I always do.
Thanks.
At 3:40 PM -0700 5/22/02, Greg Merritt wrote:
> Have other folks received the "Adobe Special-Awarded Prices
>For Your School!" flyer from TRC? It looks great -- $/license is a
>bit cheaper, and there's no points system/minimum order quantity.
>Just like it says on the flyer, we made sure to start "shar[ing]
>this opportunity with everyone in [our] department."
>
> Too good to be true, eh? Yup -- I just phoned TRC, and they
>said that this reflects an Adobe/UCOP licensing agreement which is
>being discussed, but has not been implemented. The TRC person said
>that somebody jumped the gun by sending out those flyers.
>
> (Oof... and I think some folks in my unit have been sketching
>out budgets on this phantom arrangement.)
>
> I suppose the agreements and licensing are too complex to try
>to get anybody at TRC to swallow the "advertised" pricing and no
>min. order arrangement they advertised?
>
>-Greg
>
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