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Re: [PLUG] Interesting thread on SEUL-EDU mailing list...
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It's obvious that the goal of MS here is to get the schools to pay for a
copy of windows on every PC, wether is is used or not, in the hopes that
it will foster an attitude of "well we paid for it, we may as well use it,
instead of fussing with this 'linux' junk"... just like the contracts with
the PC makers, where they have to pay for windows on each PC, installed
or not.
I don't see why a school would go along with this though, I don't see that
MS has any power to force an audit, and even if they did, what does the
school have to hide? Even if they have some unlicensed copies, it would
still be less than the total number of computers if they are using other
OSs elsewhere.
-- noah silva
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Kyle R . Burton wrote:
> It was sparked by the article [linked on slashdot] about how MS is pressuring
> the school districts in Oregon and Washington to sign up for a licensing
> scheme where the school pays MS a fee for every PC capable of running windows
> on a yearly basis.
>
> The first email is about 2/3rds of the way down this page:
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> http://archives.seul.org/seul/edu/Apr-2002/threads.html
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> and has a subject of: "MS targeting schools for software audits..."
>
> I thought some of the people on this list might find that discussion
> interesting -- there is alot of good constructive discussion about OSS
> and propritary software, and the viability of OSS in the school system.
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> Kyle
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