[huskerlug] Re: Microsoft wins again...(LONG)
- From: Carl Lundstedt <clundst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 06 Sep 2002 15:20:18 -0400
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 15:07, J.R. Wessels wrote:
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> So much for that resolution by ASUN to look at open source alternatives. I
> bet it didn't even enter the discussions.
I thought the exact same thing. Thanks for fightin' for us ASUN.
:(
Of course John (Russ) is correct, the U had little choice (i.e. it is a
no brainer). But that's the problem, ain't it?
Last year UNL signed a deal to license all the computers on campus so
they could run Win and Office 2000, or rather, M$ wouldn't investigate
to see if all licenses were current.If I went to your house and said "I
think you stole my stereo, give me $10 or I'll call the cops to search
your home." They'd call it extortion. When Microsoft does it, it's
called a licensing agreement.
It's too bad we couldn't have showed up at the meeting and agreed to
supply the U with copies of RedHat Linux and OpenOffice for $15. Our $$
problems would have been over. Heck, we'd have cut them a deal, RH or
Mandrake + OpenOffice for $12. That's 20% off!
You'd think the U, as a government agency would have HAD to take the
lowest bid...
Carl Lundstedt
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