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NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source (hat tip: LIX
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Microsoft gets paid for all computers at NZ schools even those without windows
Mikko, how does that work?
read about it
"Ditching Microsoft is highly unusual within the NZ education sector, as a long-standing contract with the national government means the software giant is paid for technology for the school even though none has been used. Microsoft's dominance also means that most planning documents for education presume an Microsoft infrastructure."
http://www.cio.com.au/article/333686/nz_school_ditches_microsoft_goes_t…