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Microsoft Donates Windows 8.1 To Nonprofit Organizations

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-get-a-copy-and-you-get-a-copy... dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with good news for Windows loving nonprofits and libraries. "Microsoft today announced the availability of Windows 8.1 for nonprofits. The move is an extension of the company's nod to the nonprofit community with the launch Windows 8. The announcement means eligible nonprofit organizations and public libraries can request Windows 8.1 through Microsoft's software donation program."

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  1. How white of Microsoft! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now those non-profits will not have to look towards free alternatives such as Linux! True humanitarians.

  2. Re:There is always a catch by jimicus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Absolutely right. Over the last decade or so, much of Microsoft's sales & marketing hasn't actually been done by Microsoft at all.

    They haven't needed to.

    "We're starting to receive files in formats we can't open" does it for them.

    Historically, that resulted in Office upgrades; they're now using that leverage to push other upgrades (Office 2013 requires Windows 7 and Outlook 2013 requires Exchange 2007 or later). In the process, they're losing customers - Office 2013 starts to look like quite an expensive upgrade when you suddenly need to rip out your entire infrastructure

  3. Drug dealing mentality by nurb432 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The first one is always free.

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----