BearItAll wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Paying for software you can’t use – is Microsoft really good for schools?
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>> | At least the Norwegian Competition Authority has forced Microsoft to
>> | back down, according to Linpro. For its part Becta warned schools
>> | against entering into academic license agreement with Microsoft unless
>> | the company implemented recommended changes, while at the same time
>> | extending a MOU with Microsoft that enabled schools to take advantage
>> | of the licensing program.
>> |
>> | Becta effectively gave Microsoft a year’s grace to implement its
>> | recommendations and told schools to delay a decision until the
>> | publication of its final report in early 2008. In the meantime, UK
>> | schools continue to be charge for software they can’t use.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/06/paying_for_soft.html
>>
>> From offline discussions, I am aware that action will be taken here in
>> the UK to put an end to it as well.
>>
>
> I would have thought this sort of thing would go via the EU rather than
> individual members.
AFAIK, Norway is not a member of the EU. They had a vote a few years back
and rejected joining the EU.
>
> Which makes the whole thing much more serious, since MS run the risk of
> losing out to 27 countries with the signing of a single piece of paper.
> (though it can take years for the EU to actually sign anything, I think
> there must be a shortage of pens).
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