Free Software for All Russian Schools in Jeopardy

“Finally, Microsoft has been up to its old tricks of offering
special deals for its software: $30 per computer (it’s not clear
whether that’s just for Windows XP, or includes Microsoft Office
too):

“The contract for the supply of licensed software in schools
during 2007-2009 was the system integrator “Compulink”. Competition
Rosobrazovanie numbered NP-17 meant the supply of 60 thousand
Russian schools (650-700 thousand computers) license software
package in 2007-2009. The package includes: operating system
Windows XP, Microsoft Office, dictionary Abbyy Lingvo 12,
anti-virus software Kaspersky Work Space Security, Adobe Photoshop
CS3 and more. A source at the Federal Agency of Education knows
that Microsoft has agreed to license the Windows on all PCs for
about $ 20 million (about $ 30 per computer).”

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