I'm not "hooked" on anything. I've tried OpenOffice, and while it is nice, I find myself preferring Microsoft Office more - partly because I'm more used to it, and partly because 2007's equation editor is *very* nice. (Usually I typeset my math in LaTeX anyway, but sometimes it's nice to use a WYSIWYG editor) On 2/13/07, Gabe Ives <gabe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Carl Lundstedt wrote: > > 1) Microsoft tells the University it'll audit all computers on campus > > unless they buy into the 'Microsoft Campus License', thus taxing EVERY > > computer purchased by the University $150, whether it runs M$ or not. > > > > While I agree completely with you on your interception of the Microsoft > Campus License and motivations of Microsoft for doing that, the above > isn't completely true. First while Macs also have the "Microsoft tax", > it is less than what it is for Windows. And second, if you buy a > computer (or parts to build a computer), that doesn't have Windows > pre-installed, and stand firm that you shouldn't have to pay the > Microsoft Campus license fee (aka tax) because Linux will be installed > (as a Server anyway, not sure if the same would hold true if it's a > workstation [I think it should, but don't know if they'd accept that as > a legitimate excuse...I've never tried that one]). Usually they will > back down, but say something sarcastically like, "well you know you'll > never be able to run Microsoft products on that computer unless you buy > a license for it". A pain? Yes, and not the way things should be, but > it's still possible to get a computer at the University and not pay a > Microsoft tax for it. > > > > 5) Students graduate, now they have to buy Microsoft products as 'real' > > people. You naughty kids are uninstalling that copy of XP you got as a > > student, right? RIGHT?!?! PIRATES!!!! > > Again, yes the point is to get students "hooked" on Windows and > Microsoft Office (and not introduced to alternatives), but I thought I'd > chime in on a correction. The copies students buy of Windows and > Office, state upon graduation that the license fully transfers to them. > So they are legitimate copies, while they are a student, or if they > graduate. If they take time off from school, or drop out and don't > graduate, then yes they must uninstall the software. > > Apple tried the save thing though in the 80's....trying to get students > hooked on their product, and it failed, the difference though is Apple > didn't have a monopoly (Microsoft does as proved in the US Courts), so > Apple had very little recourse if institutions told them "no". Would > Apple have done the same back then as Microsoft does now if Apple had a > monopoly back then? Who knows, maybe, maybe not. > > Gabe > > ---- > Husker Linux Users Group mailing list > To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE > > > ---- Husker Linux Users Group mailing list To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE