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Blame FUD for Microsoft’s Dominance in Schools

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Ken Starks
Jan 16, 2014

The returned call she promised was as icy and distant as our initial meeting had been warm and cordial. She informed me that her director of IT strongly recommended against such a change. What it all boiled down to was his statement that: “It might even be illegal for us to remove Microsoft Office or Windows from previously purchased computers, due to the vendor agreement the school district signed with Microsoft.”
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Ken Starks

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