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:Universities That Do Not Use Free Software: Time for a Boycott?
Universities That Do Not Use Free Software: Time for a Boycott?
Aug 31, 2008, 21 :03 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (5148 reads)

(Other stories by Jon maddog Hall)

"People have to wonder why universities still continue using closed source proprietary software. Could it be that Microsoft and other companies pay the university to use their software, locking in the students, perhaps not paying directly, but in the guise of giving "discount licenses" to students and faculty?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I think people that work with open sourc ...   Use your noggin more effectively   
Jose_X
Sep 1, 2008, 04:37:02
 
I created it just to help students and f ...   A database of Digitally Free Schools already exist   
Marco
Sep 1, 2008, 11:10:42
 
A university's job is not to "train  ...   Training Students   
blackhole
Sep 1, 2008, 11:50:45
 
The practical effect of 'a universit ...   Reality check.   
Rainer Weikusat
Sep 1, 2008, 12:51:18
 
Actually, universities today are used to ...   Re: Training Students   
Raje
Sep 1, 2008, 19:35:59
 
A university's job is to "train a st ...   University's job   
jp
Sep 2, 2008, 03:43:05
 
> The practical effect of 'a univers ...   Re: Reality check.   
blackhole
Sep 2, 2008, 06:31:37
 
...  One of my former professors (now re ...   Re: University's job   
GreyGeek
Sep 2, 2008, 19:38:07
 
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