"Steven C. Darnold" wrote: > Bob George wrote: > > > > For the larger school systems though, Microsoft > > usually shows up and "gives" them loads of software. > > I suspect that sometimes educational institutions flirt > with open source in order to trigger such a response > from Microsoft. >
Last year here in the States, Microsoft was also sending out letters to some school districts requiring software audits, essentially asking them to prove that they hadn't stolen any software. They got some bad publicity and backed off, but I suspect it's only temporary. -- Rob Steinmetz To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
