[ale] Killing Off Linux: It's All Academic

[Clay Lawrence]

I'm not sure I really understand the problem here. This looks like some
kinda double talk that's supposed to convince me that universities can't
afford Unix anymore and that they can get NT cheaper via some kinda deal
from M$, huh? BSD and/or Linux is free for the masses, what can't they
afford, hardware maybe. This quote doesn't hint of any free hardware
though or free software for that matter at $6 million, 

"They're getting it. For example, Indiana University (IU) recently
announced a $6 million deal that enables the university to freely
distribute Windows software to all students and faculty."

This article appears to be more of Micro$oft's fear mongering tactics.
Perhaps someone like Sun will step up to the plate and license Solaris
as freeware for academic use at the server level since it is already
free for personal use. Perhaps someone will also point out to some of
these supposedly cash strapped universities that BSD and/or Linux are
already freely available at the server level without licensing issues.
But then again, there may be an unseen side to this story that I would
not put past M$ which the Linux community will have a hard time
competing against, kickbacks for the admins.

Clay

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