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U.S. Justice Dept. Chooses Corel over Microsoft
peg0cjs writes "The Justice Department, which challenged Microsoft Corp. in courtrooms for nearly a decade over antitrust violations, will pay more than $2 million each year to buy business software from Corel Corp, according to this article from CANOE. 'The Justice Department will make WordPerfect software available to more than 20 organizations inside the agency, but not the FBI or Drug Enforcement Administration, which use Microsoft's Office business software exclusively, said Mary Aileen O'Donovan, a program manager in the Justice Management Division.' According to the article, the deal is worth up to $13.2 million over five years for Ontario-based Corel. Has sanity finally set in, or is this just a blip in Microsoft's dominance in controlling government software decisions?"
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Having worked for a school district for years, I can tell you we've gone with MS Office because it's most likely what our students will be using when the make it to the real world.
In addition to that, it's the same price when you compare the Corel office suite with it's MS counterpart.
Just out of curiosity, why was this posted in YRO? What does the DoJ's choice of word processor have to do with my rights?
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