Re: Free UNIX for non-commerical use.

From: Thomas Dehn (thomas-usenet_at_arcor.de)
Date: 07/28/03 

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:22:59 +0200

"Bill Gunshannon" <bill@cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
> In article <3F2368E5.ED5037A0@hotmail.com>,
> Anthony Mandic <nu@hotmail.com> writes:
> > "Dr. David Kirkby" wrote:
> >>
> >> As someone who works in a University, I am amazed UNIX vendors don't
> >> give away free copies of their operating systems to students and home
> >> users.
> >
> > Why? Do Microsoft do this? Perhaps you should widen your
> > job experience.
>
> Actually, yes, they do. We (the CS Department) subscribe to a service
> with MS that allows us to give copies and licenses to our students for
> OSes and development tools and they can take them with them when they
> leave school.

And how much do "you" (the CS department, resp. the whole
university) pay to M$ per year in total? Not just for that
"service", but for everything.

Thomas

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