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ERIC Number: EJ645532
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Change in Microsoft's Licensing Prices Attracts Some Colleges and Worries Others.
Olsen, Florence
Chronicle of Higher Education, v48 n32 pA33-A34 Apr 2002
Discusses the difficult choices facing campus officials as Microsoft pressures colleges to sign lease agreements for desktop software rather than continue to buy licenses; the new leasing option saves money in the short term but might limit choices later. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Leasing; License Agreements; License Fees; Microsoft Corporation