I got this from another list. It's interesting in light of the N&O
looking to do a similar story...
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The story broke May 13, but apparently didn't get much coverage.
University of Wisconsin, Madison:
elected to not participate in the UW-System site license renewal for
Microsoft products. That license expired on July 31, 2003 for
UW-Madison. UW-Madison departments own licenses for the versions
current as of July 31, 2003 for the Microsoft desktop products
included in the original contract. They can continue to use those
licenses indefinitely on department-owned machines.
Replacement for MS Office is Sun's StarOffice, under Sun's free
educational license.
More information:
http://wiscweb5.wisc.edu/wisc/UW_Madison/ms_contract_issues/home.html
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