[TriLUG] MS gets smart - strikes deal with universities

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 17:46, Jon Carnes wrote:
> Microsoft has made a deal with University of Nebraska and is looking to
> extend that to other Universities. The university pays a big lump sum
> for a licensing contract and then all the students can purchase
> Microsoft products at Employee prices: WinXP OS for $4.99, Office for
> $9.99, ...

Note that at least as of 2 years ago, this was also the case at
UNC.  I actually have in my hand a copy of Office Professional
2000 still in shrink wrap with the price sticker on it that shows
it sold for $10. :-/  Luckily it runs well under Crossover Office. :-)

Tanner
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