Obtaining Linux-ready thin-clients

[Andrew Mathenge]

I checked out the website and as I understand it, you're free to order the
computers and get whatever you want installed on them. I don't think that
the school is tied to purchasing Microsoft licenses to install on the "free"
computers. In any case, the quantity that Sanjay is looking for is fairly
small. He shouldn't have any problems getting them... I don't think.

Andrew.

On 10/25/07, Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca> wrote:
>
>
> David Harrison wrote:
> > Why not try Computers for Schools?
> > http://cfs-ope.ic.gc.ca/Default.asp?lang=en&id=58
>
>   They have thus far been a Microsoft shop, with secret contracts
> between Industry Canada and Microsoft (A local OCLUG member did an
> Access to Information request a number of years ago and got a
> blacked-out series of pages).   This may be changing.  Please contact
> them, but take this as a heads-up.
>
>   Microsoft has a number of scams underway where they "donate" software,
> and then get tax receipts for the inflated  MSRP -- effectively,
> taxpayers are subsidizing Microsoft considerable amounts of money for
> their so-called "Donation" to schools.
>
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