On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:12, Carl Douglas wrote:
> I can't say I like the idea that the taxes I pay are covering Microsoft
> licencing. As a LUG I believe we ought to point our "flamethrowers"
> towards the government, and enlist other LUGs to lobby MPs to recognize
> GNU/Linux as a viable option in schools. There they were closing schools,
> when they could've saved themselves a million in licencing???
^
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Cool Ten
Is actually nearer the mark!
It does not cover the Win O/S itself. Re-cycling machines which are still in
good working order but ex=lease a site contract is not allowed. New licences
for the underlying O/S have to purchased retail.
It covers the client and office packages, but not the server products.
It's a monumental rip-off imho and hopefully is not going to be repeated when
the agreement comes up for renewal relatively shortly.
South Africa got MS Licences for every school computer in the Republic
absolutely gratis.
Why can't we?
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me,
it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine.
Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
