Re: [seul-edu] MS targeting schools for software audits...

[Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>]

Paul Nelson wrote:

> The 24 largest school districts in Oregon and Washington are being
> audited my the Microsoft marketing department for license compliance.
> Along with the letter from MS came an invitation to lease software from
> MS as part of a school agreement that requires MS licenses for every
> Pentium and PPC computer, even those running Linux or Mac OS.

Paul,

   Please forward this information to LinuxToday, NewsForge, etc. immediately.  It also would be a good idea to make sure it's passed along to
Wired, Salon, CNN, etc.  If you'd like help in doing this, let us know.

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