[olug] m$ campus agreement

[Nate Rotschafer]

I hadn't heard about this "agreement"....more info???

Nate


>From: Brian Wiese <bwiese at cotse.com>
>Reply-To: olug at olug.org
>To: olug at olug.org
>Subject: [olug] m$ campus agreement
>Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 18:29:34 -0600
>
>On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 18:00:42 -0600
>Brian Wiese <bwiese at cotse.com> wrote:
>
>
>|Sounds pretty good not!? $30/year tuition increase = $200 software for $3
>|with perpetual licenses.... sounds like a deal to me!  But does anyone
>|know of any hidden details behind this agreement (the devil's in the
>|details) ?... has anyone else heard anything negative about these
>|agreements, in relation to Gnu/Linux adoption?  I hear SuSE is popular at
>|UNL... would that affect anything?
>|
>|peace
>|Brian
>
>Well, one thing I just found out is that the licenses are perpetual only
>if you graduate... if you drop out you are supposed to remove the software
>from your machines. :)  Guess thats an incentive to graduate?!
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=CA3Overview
>
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"Only those who think know, but those wo know always think."
Nate Rotschafer
Millard West High School
Omaha, NE


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