Switching OS X 10.3.9 from one computer to another?

I work for a small business and we have six machines. Two of them are on Mac OS 10.4, two of them are on Mac OS 10.3.9, and two of them are on Mac OS 10.2.8. We recently purchased new software that requires our machines to run at 10.3 or higher. We purchased two copies of 10.4 to catch the 10.2.8 machines up, but since these computers are the least used, what we'd really love to do is update our 10.3.9 machines to 10.4 and put 10.3.9 on the 10.2.8 machines. Is this possible?
Thanks!
P.S. The model info below is for the oldest 10.2.8 machine. The other model is an eMac.

Hi singsong1420,
first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
Is this possible?
Yes and no.
Let me try to summarize your setting: You have each 2 sets of hardware specific install disks for 10.2., 10.3. and 10.4. Plus you have 2 retail versions of 10.4. Is this correct?
It is no problem to upgrade the two systems 10.3.9 to 10.4. (you might consider using this procedure: 10.4 Tiger Upgrade: Decision tree+Checklist ).
However, upgrading the two machines with 10.2.x on them to 10.3.x using the hardware specific disks you have will NOT work although in your special situation it would be legal to do so. This would only work if you had 2 copies of retail full install disks for 10.3. If so, just go ahead and upgrade them.
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