Oct 30 2007
Strange Things Happening in UK Schools
Posted by: Sierra Monica B. in News

It seems that in the UK schools Microsoft makes the rules when talking about the software used on PCs, like the Office Suite.
In order to prevent the use of software coming from its competitors, Microsoft made agreements with the government to establish the essential points of academic licensing.
The business practices used by the company raised a lot of concerns because the schools under these deals are obligated to pay fees for every PC they use without taking into account the fact that not all of these devices run software from Microsoft.
On the other hand, the schools don’t take action against this because Microsoft is offering tempting discount plans and so no one objects.
Recently, someone from the UK government started to advice schools’ representatives not to sign deals with Microsoft anymore, informing all about the company’s strange practices.





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