David Lloyd wrote:
Howard,
I don't think there is too much likelihood of getting M$ products out
of schools when you consider the predatory prices that M$ charge
education for licences.
I think it's time to change the way we think of this concept.
The pricing of MS products to educational market simply means the
licence cost argument goes out the window. What needs to be argued are
the other benefits of open source - which should be the case in any
situation anyway, not just educational. Licencing costs are not the only
costs. As Penedo implied earlier, putting a tool in users hands that
they are not comfortable with costs money (in either retraining or lack
of productivity and disgruntled employees). The key is arguing the
points without sounding like a religious fanatic attacking MS. As you
say, if we haven't already, we need to stop with the "open source costs
$0 for licencing" as the sole argument or even primary argument and move
to highlighting other benefits.
Fil
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