Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Microsoft Dials Down School Software Audit Demands

Stephen Downes

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The news in this article is couple of weeks old but the slant on the story shows that Microsoft has missed the point of objections to its marketingh, um, audit plan. According to the article, Microsoft admits that the audit demand was "ill timed" and that schools will have more time to comply. But this isn't the issue: the issue is Microsoft's use of strong-arm tactics to convince schools to buy a Microsoft license for every computer they own, even those that do not run Microsoft software.

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