Maybe this is kind of a
stupid question, but why pay for Lindows when
you can get all the programs and operating systems from Linux for free. I haven’t
used Lindows, so that’s why I’m asking. I’ve
been into Linux for some time and have maybe 30 or so Linux machines running on
low-end PCs, but maybe I’m missing something
Jerry
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Lindows.com Michael's Minutes: You Don't Need an Education to Know Value.
Interesting
thought, if you (we're) hurting for money, though it would be better if a) it
were for the district, and b) if it were non-recurring. The OS and the
Office Suite, not to mention the other programs available for free...
Might be worth checking out. S'pose we could see a demo at one of our
meetings?
-Steve Scarbrough
Storm Lake CSD
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Michael's
Minutes: You Don't Need an Education to Know Value.
Since
the outset of Lindows.com, schools have contacted us asking what kind of
programs we had to help them manage the cost of software. For example, recently
a school contacted me saying that they had dozens of computers donated to their
school, but they could not afford to pay for the software licenses required to
turn them on--so they sat there unused. LindowsOS
is the ideal solution for that school and many others because not only is it a
versatile and secure Linux operating system, but it is also very easy to set up
and maintain, so even a novice administrator can get their systems up and
running.
Today we're announcing
a unique, affordable site license
program for educational entities which maximizes their tech budget,
gives them access to high quality software as well as a great way to set-up and
administer their computers to make management of the of their computers easy.
Here's how it works:
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1) Schools pay just $500 per year for a site license which covers an unlimited
number of computers.
For a flat-fee of
$500 per year, schools can obtain
a license for every computer in their school.
There's no set-up fee and no long-term commitment.
2) Site license includes the powerful, but easy, LindowsOS
plus an integrated office suite.
For the one $500
fee, schools can gain access to
the latest versions of the easy-to-use LindowsOS
as well as an office suite for every one of their computers. Out of the box,
LindowsOS is great for Internet activities like e-mail, surfing the web,
instant messaging, etc. (that's all most people will need). For those computers
that need to be equipped with an office suite to create presentations,
spreadsheets or word processing documents, a single mouse-click will load the
computer with an entire office suite which will read and write common Microsoft
formatted documents included .xls
(Microsoft Excel), .doc
(Microsoft Word), and .ppt
(Microsoft Powerpoint). Both thelatest version of LindowsOS as well as the
office suite are bundled together for the single $500 payment.
3) Online sign-up and immediate access to the software.
We've put the
entire program online so anyone can sign-up
and gain instant access to the software. Just fill out one simple web form and
gain access to both LindowsOS and the office suite, digitally, so it can be
instantly downloaded and put to good use immediately.
4) Easy administration makes setup instantaneous for the entire school.
Our unique
program permits an administrator to sign up an entire school from
a simple web form. Then, all computers running LindowsOS at the school will
have additional access to the site licensed software. Because there is no
required login from each computer, the entire school can immediately begin
using the site licensed software. There are no serial numbers, activation
codes or account information that others at the school are required to know.
They simply plug in their LindowsOS
computer and have immediate access to the software.
It used to take
hundreds of thousands of dollars for schools to outfit their classrooms and
labs with computers and the latest software. The emergence of low cost
computers, such as those available from Walmart.com,
combined with the Lindows.com Educational
Site License program means that equipping that 15 computer lab, or an
entire school, is affordable to budgets of any size.
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Sincerely,
Michael Robertson
P.S. I
wanted to share something else that we'll be announcing soon. LindowsOS
Membership Edition is now available for purchase from any Fry's Electronics location in the United
States. So if you have been waiting to get LindowsOS, you can go to a Fry's Electronics Superstore and pick up
your copy of LindowsOS with an included one-year membership to the Click-N-Run Warehouse today..
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Now Available online, and in Fry's Electronics stores,
LindowsOS 3.0 Membership Edition
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Please visit support.lindows.com to answers
questions you may have about LindowsOS or Lindows.com.
Bringing
Choice to Your Computer!
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company that brings choice to computer users. Lindows.com, Inc. was started by
Michael Robertson, founder and former CEO of MP3.com. LindowsOS is a modern,
affordable and easy-to-use operating system that allows users access to
hundreds of applications via the Click-N-Run (TM) Warehouse. All applications in the Click-N-Run Warehouse (www.lindows.com/warehouse) are licensed on a lifetime, c or family basis
and can be downloaded, installed and run with just one-mouse click. LindowsOS
is presently available on LindowsOS Certified Computers (www.lindows.com/pc) being offered from Lindows.com Builder
partners (www.lindows.com/builders). LindowsOS can be ordered on CD and/or
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