They are not paying the University, they are offering a discount of $250,000 via incentives. Any competitor could have lowered their price using incentives, th

They are not paying the University, they are offering a discount of $250,000 via incentives. Any competitor could have lowered their price using incentives, they choose not to. The University still has to pay annually for the service which will amount to a revenue positive (not sure about profit) for MSFT. (I'd rather have google's service, but the title of this article is ridiculously misleading.)