yes, but they are a two edged sword. for example my son's headmaster was telling me that they recently bought a bunch of computers. The school licence, he thought, entitled them to Win XP. however that is only an upgrade licence, which was useless when buying a new box. (Unless they bought a bunch of 95/98 licenses and then did the free upgrade to XP.)
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:37:28 +1300 Carl Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vaguely on topic: is the government to blame for the monistic attitude to Microsoft > Operating Systems and software - I heard the government buys licences from MS for > every school in the country. Can someone confirm that? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Cheetham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 12:32 p.m. > > To: canterbury linux users group > > Subject: RE: "Everyone" uses it Was:Church opensource. > > > > > > On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 11:55, Don Gould wrote: > > > It's easy to get finance for hardware.... software on the > > other hand. > > > Everyone's using Microsoft Power Point for a reason in New Zealand. > > > > Are they? > > > > <rant temperature="moderate"> > > > > It would be more accurate to say that "everyone" is using it for a > > lack-of reason ... they don't know there is an alternative, they think > > that "everyone" is using "whatever it is", and obviously > > "everyone" must > > be right. > > > > "We" know there is an alternative - in fact there are many > > alternatives. > > "We" also believe that most of these alternatives are > > superior in almost > > every respect - OOo is "free", KeyNote is prettier (that's > > expensive Mac > > software, BTW). > > > > However, as long as people don't supply alternatives, "everyone" will > > continue to render unto Gates that which should not be his. > > > > (The supply chain will not supply free software alternatives. They are > > only interested in supplying things that they can see a profit margin > > on, and there are few exceptions because most people in the IT supply > > chain are basically unskilled at customer relationships other than > > short-term profiteering) > > (Yes, there are some exceptions. Support them in preference to their > > competition.) > > > > </rant> > > > > -jim > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
