[CC] RED HAT COUNTERS MICROSOFT'S EDUCATION OFFER

[George(s) Lessard]

RED HAT COUNTERS MICROSOFT'S EDUCATION OFFER
Microsoft has proposed settling over 100 private antitrust
lawsuits by pledging to donate more than $1 billion in hardware,
software, services, and training to the poorest schools in the
United States, but Red Hat has put forward a counter-proposal. It
will offer its open-source Red Hat Linux operating system to all
U.S. school districts free of charge, and has suggested that
Microsoft concentrate solely on purchasing new hardware. In this
way, more computers could be made available to schools and
Microsoft's monopoly would not be extended further into the
education sector, says Red Hat CEO Matt Szulik. He estimates
that over one million computers could be allocated to schools
under the new proposal, compared to 200,000 under the old one. In
addition, Szulik says that Red Hat will provide free software
upgrades and license renewals in perpetuity, whereas Microsoft
would only provide such services for five years.
(eWeek Online, 20 November 2001) 


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