Over the years we have worked for a number of schools and charities. Most of these organisations didn't realise that they could avail of great discounts from most of the bigger software vendors until they met with us.

There are a couple of simple rules to get cheaper software licenses from these guys:

• If you are a charity then you must have a charity number. In Ireland there is no such thing as the "Charities Commission" like the UK and therefore there is no such thing as a "Registered Charity". A fact which surprised me when I first read it here. The Irish charity number is issued by the revenue commissioners for tax purposes only.


• If you are a school, then you must be registered with the Department of Education to get software discounts.

Once you satisify the rules, the discounts are quite considerable and well worth asking for. Never buy Microsoft Office "pre-installed" from your hardware supplier if you qualify for the above rules.

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