ShareThisOne of India's states has decided to distribute 100,000 laptops minus Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. They were put off by Microsoft's bundling and decided to be pro-consumer. What a refreshing approach.

ELCOT says it solicited a bid from Microsoft, proposing to pay $12 for a copy of a Microsoft operating system. However, Microsoft reportedly responded with an offer to sell Windows and Office bundled together at an "academic discount" price of $57. ELCOT says it declined, because, "Any such bundling could result in serious exploitation of the consumer." Few in the U.S.

ShareThisOne of India's states has decided to distribute 100,000 laptops minus Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. They were put off by Microsoft's bundling and decided to be pro-consumer. What a refreshing approach.

ELCOT says it solicited a bid from Microsoft, proposing to pay $12 for a copy of a Microsoft operating system. However, Microsoft reportedly responded with an offer to sell Windows and Office bundled together at an "academic discount" price of $57. ELCOT says it declined, because, "Any such bundling could result in serious exploitation of the consumer." Few in the U.S.

ShareThisOne of India's states has decided to distribute 100,000 laptops minus Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. They were put off by Microsoft's bundling and decided to be pro-consumer. What a refreshing approach.

ELCOT says it solicited a bid from Microsoft, proposing to pay $12 for a copy of a Microsoft operating system. However, Microsoft reportedly responded with an offer to sell Windows and Office bundled together at an "academic discount" price of $57. ELCOT says it declined, because, "Any such bundling could result in serious exploitation of the consumer." Few in the U.S.

ShareThisThis is a well written article by Open Office expert Solveig Haugland. I recently listened to a presentation by Solveig and she's more than familiar with the switch from Microsoft Office to Open Office.

You’ve been thinking about it for a while. You’ve seen the PDF converter and sighed longingly; you’ve blushed before the skeptical glances of your open-source and anti-Microsoft friends who say “You’re still using Microsoft Office?” you’re looking at your budget and wondering why you would pay to get Microsoft Office 2007.