[NTLUG:Discuss] Killing Off Linux: It's All Academic

[Steve Baker]

Juliet Blosser wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 10:38:36PM -0500, Kelly Scroggins wrote:
> > The article mentioned Indiana University made a deal to distribute MS
> > software to the student population.  In many schools you can obtain
> > copies of Ms OS's and other products for as little as $6.00 per CD!
> 
> I'm from Indiana, and this is definitely the truth.  Steams me and my
> husband to no end.  Last I heard, it was $5 for titles such as Win98,
> MS Word 2000, etc.  Note that our tax dollars also go to fund classes
> in MS OSes in our public colleges.  No wonder Bill Gates is so rich--
> we're all signing his paycheck, whether we want to or not.

Those who are upset about this M$ tactic should recollect that
AT&T used this exact tactic (giving away the OS for free to
colleges) to promote UNIX.  Without *that* tactic, we might
have a Linux that was a clone of - erm VM/CMS or VMS <shudder>

My normal rabid anti-M$ bigotry will be resumed as soon as possible.

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