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Stephen Downes

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Leasing is increasingly being offered as an option to schools and colleges. It saves some up front costs and installation woes, but may increase costs and definitely increases the need for training - no version-skipping on a lease. I'm inclined to agree with this conclusion: "unless leasing is forced on us, I don’t see businesses going for it in a huge way. It sounds so nice to have CRLFeverything Internet-based, but it isn’t always that simple."

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