Same here to both of you. Just about anything from Micro$oft is expensive in the long or short run. If they don't get you one way, M$ will overcharge you somewhere else. I do believe it induces the brain into a partial coma that affects the independent thinking process. I am amazed at how many in the university setting are brainwashed and taught to be helpless. Speaking from experience, it is a long and hard battle to educate my students on the rest of the world. Don't even get me started on administration.
Sonja ----- Original Message ----- From: "will hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] humorous interview with Bill Gates on Linux > On 2003.06.30 16:38 -ray wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > Students don't buy software either. If you examine the student license, you will notice insane restrictions on use worse than "normal". This differs little from the way Microsoft tolerates "piracy". > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
