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Re: [LUG] NZ School Goes Open Source Amid Microsoft Mandate

 

2010/1/25 Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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> .. is on the front-page of slashdot today.
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> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/01/25/0230231
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> There are some intersting comments about hoe Microsoft gets paid whether a
> school uses MS or not...
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> Gordon
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It's an interesting read - and just goes to show - they're using 4
servers instead of the 48 "normally" used in NZ schools.  Just
powering the units in a typical NZ school must be expensive, let alone
all those copies of m$ server...

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