Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 01:04 AM 26/08/2006, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
do you people really think that universities choose software just for
student use?
One would assume that's at least one of the criteria. The best tool
for the job is the one I'd go with. But free and open would have to
be pretty important. There's a local university here that for years
standardized on MS Office because MS gave them lots of money and free
product. The students had to purchase the student edition at $250 a
pop. Finally the CIS dept managed to convince the school to switch
because once MS had hooked them, it stopped giving away stuff and
started charging (a clever marketing ploy I know) and they wanted to
be able to give back to the community.
So? That's why you hate MS, right?
