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NSW Education Downgrades Microsoft Deal
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Khairil Yusof
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last modified
Apr 22, 2008 12:54 PM
Contributors:
Agnes King Sydney
Copyright © Fairfax Business Media Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited, 2008
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Department installs OpenOffice, opts for XP over Vista
The NSW Department of Education has put Microsoft on notice after it agreed to extend its software licensing agreement with the company for just one year instead of renegotiating a new three-year contract.
At the same time, technology chief Stephen Wilson announced the department will install a free alternative to Microsoft's Office suite, referred to in industry circles as OpenOffice, on 41,000 computers due to be distributed to schools across the state by the end of 2008.
Source: Computerworld New Zealand
