Well the academic pricing we get from Microsoft is insanely cheap. Sometimes over 90% off retail. i can get Win2k3 server std for $83. Retail at cdw.com is $939. sometimes i think it should be illegal how they practically give it to us, but charge everyone else a nut....
Now, whenever we talk about a campus wide licensing agreement, then they want to charge based on FTE. The pricing is then insanely expensive. And you don't buy the software, you lease it. -ray On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Will Lowe wrote: > Actually, I think that the education angle is the only reason Apple is still > with us. They early on heavily promoted their products at a very reduced > cost to students. > > Will Lowe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shannon Roddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] humorous interview with Bill Gates on Linux > > > > Alvaro Zuniga wrote: > > > > >Something that I have to credit to Bill Gates is that he is a Master of > > >Business, legal or illegal or in which ever negative or positive way you > wish > > >to put it. The proof is not only wealth but also the popularity of his > > >business and how he has managed to do what he does out in the open. > > > > > >The key word of Bill Gates interview is education. I believe this is one > of > > >the main strategies of Microsoft as Bill Gates clearly expresses that > fact. > > >Most of the decision makers of our generation studied computer science, > > >learned about or with computers at the time the PC, Dos and Windows were > > >emerging. This decision makers were not fortunate enough to have the > > >different choices we now enjoy; nevertheless, they control most of the > key > > >positions needed to incorporate Linux to the Corporate setting. Education > is > > >the pr oven means to a change. > > > > > > > > > > Actually, I personally think that M$ is losing out in the realm of > > education. All of the younger "techies" that I talk to are using Linux, > > at least "on the side". There are fewer and fewer "kids" (I am not that > > old myself...) that I talk to that are either EE, CS, or any computer > > related degree seeking undergraduate students who still use windows as > > their preferred OS. There has been only one CS instructor at LSU that I > > have taken any classes from that was sold on windows. Of course this > > guy tried to tell me 1 1/2 years ago that there was no such thing as a > > 64 bit OS at that time. Uh... Excuse me? Solaris???? The guy was a M$ > > junkie. Of course, he works for Unisys. > > > > Anyway, the original point of this is that I think the younger > > generation is becoming more and more a concentration of Linux/UNIX > > users. In 1995 I was first introduced to Linux. I was 22 years old and > > a 14 year old kid introduced me to Slackware. I have been hooked ever > > since. The point is that he was 14 years old, writing his own code > > (supposedly he had a couple of kernel patches to his credit, of course > > he could have been pulling my leg), and running linux as his PRIMARY OS > > (even in those days). Everywhere I go I find more and more teenage to > > twenty-something year old people running Linux and hating microsoft. > > So, I think the tide is turning for old Billy Boy.... > > > > I have found this to be especially true in Houston since I have started > > hanging out there some weekends. I think over the next ten years there > > will be a gradual shift to *nix and away from windows. just seems the > > way it is going to me. Of course I have been wrong before.... > > > > > > > > > >Please be kind when you ~bash~ me! > > > > > > > > > > But that takes all of the fun out of it! > > > > Shannon > > > > >Alvaro Zuniga > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Monday 30 June 2003 09:44 am, Shannon Roddy wrote: > > > > > > > > >>http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-06-29-gates-linux_x.htm > > >> > > >>He is squirming nowadays.... > > >> > > >>Shannon > > >> > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>General mailing list > > >>[email protected] > > >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >General mailing list > > >[email protected] > > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
