[dundee] Micosoft tactics - To keep University students locked in

[Daniel Lamb]

You should have posters, and maybe find a local company selling linux on
machines or send them to dell I guess,

 

Maybe get some cds made up as well.

 

 

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From: dundee-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:dundee-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of chris wyllie
Sent: 13 September 2007 15:36
To: Tayside Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [dundee] Micosoft tactics - To keep University students locked
in

 

In which case, we should really have some sort of posters at Fresher's week
huh? I presume we're gonna be pushing OpenOffice anyway but this gives a
comparison, for example "Would you rather pay £39 or £0 for your office
software" etc. 

On 13 Sep 2007 14:11:46 +0000, Daniel Lamb <daniel.lamb at dlcomputing.co.uk>
wrote:

Also it means they get you used to office quirks and features and when they
are then faced with something like openoffice they freak out so businesses
keep buying it, this is also applicable to windows, ms give it free to
schools get them into it and many people stick with it for life, which is
why now linux has a massive opertunity to be pushed as users have to learn a
new os anyway so they will be more open to learning a superior os. 
Daniel

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From: James Le Cuirot <chewi at aura-online.co.uk>
Sent: 13 Sep 2007 8:41am -04:00
To: Tayside Linux User Group < dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk
<mailto:dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk> >
Cc:  <>
Subject: Re: [dundee] Micosoft tactics - To keep University students locked
in

That and they know that most students pirate it. Drop the price low
enough and some of them might just resist that temptation. 

Chewi


On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:32:16 +0100
gordon dunlop <gordon at zubenel.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Microsoft are giving Office 2007 away at knockdown prices to students. 
>
>
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/124820/students-get-office-2007-ultimate-for-39.
html
>
> I don't think it is because they love students, I think it is to keep 
> them locked into Microsoft products so that they won't use OpenOffice.
>
> Gordon

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