____/ Jim Richardson on Saturday 27 October 2007 20:55 : \____
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:10:50 +0100,
> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> UK schools advised to avoid Microsoft
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| "In the interim, Becta's advice to schools considering moving to
>>>| Microsoft's School Agreement subscription licensing model is that they
>>>| should not do so," says the organisation.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/133436/uk-schools-advised-to-avoid-microsoft.html
>>>
>>> Mind the fact that they talk about licences, not Windows. They still can't
>>> think outside the Microsoft mindset.
>>>
>>
>> This is a truly common misconception, and some I've been dealing with
>> a lot with our procurement people. Red Hat are not helping at all by
>> claiming that Red Hat's software is not covered by the GPL and cannot
>> be replicated - their position is often internally quoted, and it does
>> huge damage.
>>
>
> Where does RH claim that their software isn't covered by the GPL?
Maybe he was referring to their treatment of source code in a similar fashion
to MySQL? I'm sure the "Linux is a cancer" quote is more damaging, but I'm not
sure to who (Linux or Microsoft).
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