____/ BearItAll on Monday 18 June 2007 16:15 : \____
> 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.
Yes, letters get sent to the Commission.
> 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).
With the precedence set, this may have become much easier. There were
attempts in the past, but apparently Norway was the first to be successful.
It could open the floodgates.
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