Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Microsoft invests ZAR 750 mln in software for South African schools
http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=222155&nr=
Microsoft to give software to 26 000 schools
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| Microsoft will supply productivity and server software worth about
| R750-million to public schools.
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| The software is expected to reach 26 000 government schools across South
| Africa, bringing modern information and communication technology to more than
| 11 million pupils.
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=105&art_id=vn20080710060321151C258628
You have to log in to read the link above. Here are a couple links to
full-length stories.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=105&art_id=vn20080710060321151C258628
http://digitallearning.in/news/news-details.asp?Title=Microsoft-to-give-R750-millionn-software-to-SA-govt-schools&newsid=15122
What a surprise! In a country that moves to Linux. Regulators should step in to
see what Microsoft is doing yet again.
Free as in beer, not free as in freedom, not open-source.
On the bright side: at least MS will not be making any money in schools
a few years from now.
Other big users are or should be maneuvering now to have FOSS as a
future option, the result being that MS won't be able to make money from
them either. Big users have economies of scale for administering
FOSS/Linux and for negotiating with MS.
Eventually MS will only be able to sell to small businesses and
individuals, so that those little people will be the only source of
development funds for Windows and Office. What will happen then?
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