Thread: M$ watch....
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Old 04-22-2002, 03:07 PM   #1
RudeDawg
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Check this out....
Microsoft puts the squeeze on NW schools

As reported in this article in the Portland, OR newspaper, The Oregonian, Microsoft is pressuring 24 school districts in the northwest to agree to their Microsoft School Agreement licensing scheme or undergo an audit in 60 days. Multnomah ESD, which covers the greater Portland area and has around 25,000 computers, has to either decide to accept the license at about $500,000 or undergo the audit which it does not have time to prepare for.

What's interesting is how M$ "randomly" targeted the 9 largest school districts in OR and the 15 largest in WA.

[img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] They're not even trying to be subtle anymore...

[ 04-22-2002, 03:08 PM: Message edited by: RudeDawg ]
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