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IU-Microsoft deal a risky waste of money
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| An educational software platform consisting of different products from many
| vendors is the best strategy; it allows for both free and expensive
| proprietary enterprise products to be used when they are appropriate. It also
| avoids exactly the kind of lock-in that Microsoft is surely hoping IU falls
| into by signing this new agreement. If all you know is Microsoft software and
| your file formats can only be opened by Microsoft software, then what choice
| do you have but to continue using Microsoft’s products?
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| My advice to the University administration would be to strongly consider
| limiting expensive Microsoft deals to Kelley in the future – they’re really
| the only ones who benefit anyway. Between lock-in, security problems and
| sheer costs (both upfront and ongoing maintenance and support), everyone
| loses with a Microsoft-dominated campus.
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http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=68747
They never learn?
Microsoft to pay $4 million in Arizona settlement
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-to-pay-4-million-in-arizona-settlement
press release:
Microsoft to pay $4 million in Arizona Class Action Suit - Sourced
WhisperFromWallStreet.com
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=95799&cat=8
Illinois, Microsoft to offer free technology training
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/06/22/daily3.html
EDGI for Americans.
Recent:
IU, Microsoft expand partnership
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| Indiana University's new enterprise license agreement with Microsoft Corp.
| will expand the path-breaking 1998 strategy to provide popular Microsoft
| products to all students, faculty and staff on IU campuses by including
| unlimited licenses and software maintenance to IU departments for server
| software such as SQL Server, Windows Server, SharePoint Server, and
| Configuration Manager Server.
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| [...]
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| Since 1998, IU's agreements with Microsoft have provided exceptional value to
| the institution with nearly $200M in software use by the IU community.
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http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11157.html
Indiana District Funds Classroom Makeovers with Open Source Savings
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| Indiana's Michigan City Area Schools is in the midst of renovating hundreds
| of classrooms at fourteen school sites. Through a new technology initiative,
| called HiTEC ("High Technology Educational Classroom"), the district is
| outfitting its classrooms with a wide range of interactive A/V technologies
| and control systems and funding the whole thing through savings realized
| through an open source initiative.
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http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/06/10/indiana-district-funds-classroom-makeovers-with-open-source-savings.aspx
IU hailed as IT pioneer in CIO 100 Awards
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| "In 2003, IU set a strategy to begin building some of its essential systems
| by pooling resources with other institutions," said Wheeler. "We saw that the
| Internet could reduce coordination costs of working together. The sharing of
| open source application software could deliver essential features while
| reducing year-to-year costs, and avoid the future risks of large licensing
| fees and escalating maintenance costs."
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http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11043.html
University of Georgia Announces uPortal-Based MyUGA Student Portal
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| According to Rehan Khan, associate CIO, University of Georgia, the uPortal
| open source solution provided the University with a secure and scalable
| enterprise platform with the capability to evolve and expand online services
| in the future.
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http://education.tmcnet.com/topics/education/articles/56225-university-georgia-announces-uportal-based-myuga-student-portal.htm
http://tinyurl.com/r8agwb
Open Source Digital Music Library SW from IU
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| Indiana University has released open source software, called Variations, that
| allows you to create a digital music library system. College and university
| libraries may digitize audio and musical scores to provide to their users in
| an interactive, online environment, including streaming audio and scanned
| score images.
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http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/03/04/open-source-digital-music-library-sw-from-iu.aspx
Indiana U offers open source digital music library software
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| Indiana University today announces the release of open source software to
| create a digital music library system. The software, called Variations,
| provides online access to streaming audio and scanned score images in support
| of teaching, learning, and research.
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http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=920464
Linux Makes the Grade
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| Today, more than 100,000 Indiana school kids (in all, 300,000 high schoolers
| are slated to receive one) have their own $298 computer and monitor with
| numerous free software applications, and, in turn, schools across the state
| have secure, reliable, sophisticated server systems thanks to Linux-based
| open source technology.
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http://techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604800
New Chicago-Indiana Computer Network Plugs Into Open Science Grid
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| The Grid uses Scientific Linux CERN 3 (SLC3) for most of its
| operations which is a derivative of ScientificLinux. ScientificLinux
| is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/General/New_ChicagoIndiana_Computer_Network_Plugs_Into_Open_Science_Grid
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