ARTICLE: Every AZ student to get Microsoft Office

Richard L. Proctor plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:53:19 +0700


Anyone read this article?  I though tit was interesting.

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6996393.html?tag=tp_pr

Richard L. Proctor
Krystal Computer Services
PC Upgrades & Repairs
480-699-3098

On Thursday 30 August 2001 08:27 am, Brian Cluff wrote:
> > So, if there is a student that isnt going to use the machine the whole
> > school year, (there's gotta be some, PhysEd Majors, you know :-) does my
> > tax money pay 8.16 for them, too? seems like quite the ripoff to me.
>
> Thats the way all the other programs have been in the past, it's an all or
> nothing type of thing.  It's the same way with the old system.  We were
> thinking about going with the program on a few of the admin machines and
> linux on all the rest and when we tried to do that we were told that we had
> to pay a license for every single computer even if they weren't going to
> run the software.
> This is MS we are taking about... the people that came up with the "You
> have to pay us X amount of money for every machines you sell or you can't
> carry MS products"
>
> Brian Cluff
>
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