Use of Linux in Canadian universities

[Don Kelly]

On 9/7/06, Michael Lacey <em.lace at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder what inspires these Universities to drop NIX and make the change to
> Windows? Is it for compatibility issues? The need to run platform-specific
> commercial software?
>

My inner cynic suggests that it's done for marketing purposes.  It
gives them the ability to put "valuable job skills" and the like on
their pamphlets.  More of the "de facto standard" argument.

Don/

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