UK Schools Warned Off Microsoft Deal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday October 28, 2007 @11:12AM from the do-not-sign-on-that-dotted-line dept.

rs232 sends in a BBC piece on the UK computer agency Becta advising schools against signing up for a Microsoft educational license because of alleged anti-competitive practices. "The problem was that Microsoft required schools to have licenses for every PC in a school that might use its software, whether they were actually doing so or running something else." We have discussed Becta's role in British education here several times as they have acted as a watchdog warning of perceived Microsoft excesses.

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Re:Educational License? by EvilGrin666 · 2007-10-28 12:01 · Score: 5, Interesting

I am a network manager in a UK school. So I do have a little knowledge on this subject. If anyone wishes to read up on exactly what a 'Schools Agreement' license entails they can do so here and/or here. If you want to get a feel for how much this scheme costs a school have a look at this thread or this one on EduGeek.