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Well, they certainly have a number of products, but I fail to see how their giving away licences has anything to do with reducing those ongoing operational cost
by justinjlynn 9y ago
Well, they certainly have a number of products, but I fail to see how their giving away licences has anything to do with reducing those ongoing operational costs? Not only that then, "first one's free" certainly applies: I would hate to see the renewal costs they charge!
- thaumasiotes 9y ago> I fail to see how their giving away licences has anything to do with reducing those ongoing operational costs? Not only that then, "first one's free" certainly applies: I would hate to see the renewal costs they charge! Your parent comment is referring to the following model: 1. Microsoft provides free or nearly-free licenses to schools. They don't charge the schools for software now, and they won't charge the schools for software later, because that would defeat the purpose of giving the software away. Renewal fees are not an issue anyone sane would worry about. 2. Incoming government workers already know how to use Microsoft software, because that's what they used at school. They complain if they're supposed to use something else.
- justinjlynn 9y ago> Renewal fees are not an issue anyone sane would worry about Right. The presence of that threat is enough to discourage looking for alternatives. "we hear you've been looking into Linux and teaching Python instead of C#/.Net next year... sure would be a shame..."
- thaumasiotes 9y agoYou seem to be confusing the software the school uses internally with the software it makes available to students.
- justinjlynn 9y agoI'm not confusing anything.