Austria ponies up
Michael Adams <[email protected]>
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" Schools in Austria are no longer compensated for software licence costs they make for office applications, as of the coming school year, starting this fall. Instead, the ministry of Education is promoting the use of the open source alternative OpenOffice, by paying 10 euro for each PC switched over." "Students are allowed to take the USB key home, enabling them to continue to work on files saved during lessons and also to use the open source applications in their free time. Which, according to the ORF news report, more than half the students already do." http://www.osor.eu/news/at-education-ministry-no-longer-funds-proprietary-office-licenses -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416