| Microsoft pitches schools new licensing option [USAToday] |
May 13, 2002
Byron Acohido of the USAToday reports on reactions to Microsoft's pressure on school districts to pay Microsoft an annual subscription fee . . .
" . . . Rather than endure an audit, the schools could pay Microsoft an annual fee based on the number of computers capable of running Microsoft software."
" . . . One option schools have: Call Eric Harrison at the Multnomah Educational Service District in Portland, Ore. Since 1997, Harrison has been developing networks based on the free Linux operating system. His latest project links 40 older PCs to a single set of software applications running on a central Linux server computer. The cost: $200 a seat vs. $1,500 a seat for PCs running Microsoft, he says . . . "
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