University wastes millions on software for students

[Daniel Robitaille]

On Mon, 2005-26-09 at 09:39 -0700, Corey Burger wrote:
> Article about buying MS licenses when FLOSS exists, mentions Ubuntu:
> 
> "Distributions like Ubuntu (www.ubuntu.com) and Mandriva
> (www.mandriva.com) are popular and are becoming increasingly easier to
> install and maintain."
> 
> http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2005/09/23/65277
> 
> Corey
> 

According to the web site of the university
(http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/01_abt_gen_tuit.php), there were 54,929
undergrad and graduates students enrolled at the University of Minnesota
in the fall of 2004.  So that total of $2.7 million to purchase licenses
of Microsoft Office and Windows XP Pro for each registered student turns
out to be around 49$ per student.


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