On 2003.11.07 10:15 Robert Leche wrote html that Balsa did not want to quote: >One thing to consider is the politics of grants or sources of funding related computer equipment at the university. On more than one occasion we have seen stipulations placed on computer systems that come from grants or donations. The terms specify which OS and what applications are allowed. Particularly with systems donated by........ you guested it..... Micro$oft. Therein lies the rub. The answer maybe the PHB is not allowed to install non-Micro$oft software. > _______________________________________________
The M$ rep at the ACM OS shout off a few weeks promised that there would be no further restrictions for the no cost software M$ was going to provide CS students at LSU. He claimed that they would simply be bound by the (already unacceptable) EULAs M$ wants to foist on everyone. I wish that I had known enough to ask him what kinds of restrictions he had put on LSU staff. Sole source contracts are a big no-no in normal state purchasing. This should especially be true in the fiercely competitive world of software. If M$ has pulled this on LSU, the people who got suckered should hang their heads in shame. So, is this silly restriction on superior software campus wide? Has someone really sold LSU's soul to Redmond? Are all LSU accademic, health center, library and traffic records now open to Back Orifice and Microsoft's infamous desktop?
