Chad,
I think what Ian meant is that we can get Linux, Openoffice and
opensource products for free. Some even ship the CD for free. The
cut-price deal from UoM is very tempting and attractive. I believe it
has made an impact on the students but will be a drawback if everyone
just simply keep to the proprietary softwares because they cut price for
some reason.
That's what marketing is needed in OOo. When they provide cheap M$
softwares, we give it for free with great (if not greater) 'after sales'
support. Wherever there is a presence of competition, we will up the
challenge and be present to counter it.
A great opensource supporter. This just make my personal and working life.
Cheers
Chad Smith wrote:
It's not just MS Office, though - it's MS Windows, MS Office 2004 for Mac -
*WITH* Virtual PC. That, Ian, you can't get for free - not legally anyway.
You can get Linux for free, but that's not Windows. You can get NeoOffice/J
for Mac for free, but that doesn't include anything remotely near to VPC.
I'd love to get VPC for free (or for >$6).
-Chad
On 9/8/05, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 19:48 +0100, Deepankar Datta wrote:
Hi
An interesting article on MS Office at a university:
"U offers nearly free Office suite"
http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2005/09/07/64987
"Yen said the deal lets the University give something back to its
students, who for years have been beset by rising tuition costs."
No wonder the tuition fees are high if they pay $2.3m for stuff they
could get for nothing ;-)
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Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ZMSL
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