Microsoft has agreed to change the terms of its school agreement with Norwegian regional municipalities, following a complaint by Norwegian company Linpro to The Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA).
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mattflaschen
15 years 39 min 41 sec ago
"Schools will no longer be subjected
"Schools will no longer be subjected to Windows licensing for Linux or Mac computers." This "per-CPU" license was part of the anti-trust claim against Microsoft too. I believe the consent decree forbid it completely in the U.S.
"Furthermore, Microsoft has accepted to discontinue their commercial bundling which required schools to buy several Microsoft products to obtain discounts."
This /may/ be illegal tying (http://www.aurorawdc.com/arj_cics_tying_arrangements.htm)