Joanna: I sent a separate message to you on this... did you get it? Garth. -----Original Message----- From: muglo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:muglo-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joanna Harper Sent: September 2, 2002 15:14 To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [muglo] Re: Word Procesing it's irrelevant anyway, the educational discount here applies to schools/teachers only. I looked into it while on the phone with Apple last night, and they just dont offer any such option to us canucks. ---------- >From: Alex <admeddemda@xxxxxx> >To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [muglo] Re: Word Procesing >Date: Mon, Sep 2, 2002, 12:42 PM > > >They likely are including a $5 fee for every student... making a huge >lump sum... even tho not every student will use the software.... > >at western, all fulltime undergrads are charged ~$90 on their student >fees for a bus pass... when it was debated a few years back, the >argument went a similar way.. why charge every student when only some >(most) will use the bus pass... but of course the logic is the cheapo >$90 is great for 8 months bus pass. By having everyone pay, the >university is able to offer LTC a huge chunk of reliable income.... >the benefit to them is great, and students get a cheap buss pass out >of the deal. > >likely similar thing going on with the MS deal in the US. > >> >>I suspect they're referring to the cost of the medium when they say $5 (if >>not, the university must be *heavily* subsidising the cost of the licences). > > > > >Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to ><muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field > >Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to ><muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by >going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> > >Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to ><paulthomas@xxxxxxx> > >Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: > > http://muglo.on.ca/ > Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/ Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/