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

[Michael Shigorin <mike@lic145.kiev.ua>]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:13:34PM +0100, Dan Kolb wrote:
> Simple - make an organisation that donates Sun Sparc or SGI (MIPS) machines 
Is that really simple?

> to schools. They don't have the potential to run any Microsoft software, so 
The problem gets worse -- read Evi Nemeth for an example of
what's better to do if you're offered FREE load of 9-mm tapes.

If "an organisation" has real job for sparcs, they won't give
them away that easy.  And if they're giving away junk -- children
will remember that one as a horror, together with all-non-wintel
propositions.

OTOH, I doubt old 486/Pentiums should qualify as "capable of
running winxp", though they can act as X terminals.  But that
could only help bargaining when the school is already giving in.

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