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["Michael Czeiszperger" <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>]

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The Red Hat's alternative proposal includes the following: 

Microsoft redirects the value of their proposed software donation to the 
purchase of additional hardware for the school districts. This would increase 
the number of computers available under the original proposal from 200,000 to 
more than one million, and would increase the number of systems per school 
from approximately 14 to at least 70.

Red Hat, Inc. will provide free of charge the open-source Red Hat Linux 
operating system, office applications and associated capabilities to any 
school system in the United States.
Red Hat will provide online support for the software through the Red Hat 
Network.

Unlike the Microsoft proposal, which has a five-year time limit at which 
point schools would have to pay Microsoft to renew their licenses and upgrade 
the software, the Red Hat proposal has no time limit. Red Hat will provide 
software upgrades through the Red Hat Network online distribution channel. 

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Michael Czeiszperger
Web Performance Inc.
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