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[Martin Wheldon]

Microsoft education licenses are sold for peanuts....

I should know having worked in education for more than a few years.

Martin

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Paul Teasdale <pdt at ryetek.co.uk> wrote:
> Stephen O'Neill wrote:
>>>
>>> If you can believe what the Government say then this is hot off the BBC
>>> press:
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>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7910110.stm
>>
>> The Microsoft machine will now get busy writing documents explaining why
>> their software has a lower TCO. They're very good at all that.
>>
> Absolutely correct. Also if it comes to the crunch they'll also start to
> offer very highly discounted versions of Windows and Office etc. I'm sure
> this has happened before in some other country but can't find the news story
> where I read it. I may be wrong but I'm sure reading that no one was willing
> to say how much "highly discounted" was actually worth due to a
> non-disclosure agreement.
>
>> However, hurrah for very positive steps from the government.
>>
> If you can believe what the Government say.
>
> Regards,
> Paul.
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