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 -- Tanner Lovelace | lovelace(at)wayfarer.org | http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- GPG Fingerprint = A66C 8660 924F 5F8C 71DA BDD0 CE09 4F8E DE76 39D4 GPG Key can be found at http://wtl.wayfarer.org/lovelace.gpg.asc --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- http://www.petitiononline.com/SSSCA/petition.html --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- Those who are willing to sacrifice essential liberties for a little order, will lose both and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. -- Justice Thurgood Marshall, 1989 _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
