Jon Hall of Linux Magazine tells students to avoid Universities that force non 
free software on them:

http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/blogs/paw_prints_writings_of_the_maddog/universities_that_do_not_use_free_software_time_for_a_boycott
or
http://tinyurl.com/5997p7

I agree and think it applies to more than computer science students.  The 
lesson taught by non free software is contrary to the mission of every school 
and better schools have already moved on.  Why go to a school that wastes 
student fee money on Ruckus, when you can go to one that has put student 
privacy ahead of other issues and told the RIAA to get lost?  A school that 
wastes half a million dollars on licenses for Windows and other programs no 
one really needs does not have money for better network equipment.  Every 
kind of student should take it as a bad sign if they can't walk into a public 
place and get free anonymous internet access regardless of OS.  Teachers 
distribute and demand in closed source formats have not kept up with the 
times.  If they can't, you won't be able to either.  

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