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Open Source Presents Benefits to Educators
Anne Kim, Associate Editor

Cash-strapped educators may find some relief in their technology budgets if open source continues to make headway. More importantly, they may also find a new and improved way to teach. Open source office applications, such as Sun Microsystems' StarOffice and its affiliated OpenOffice.org, offer just as much functionality as Microsoft Office, but at a fraction of the cost. OpenOffice.org can be downloaded for free, while Sun offers no-cost licensing. Qualifying institutions only buy one set of media, which runs about $75, and pay as little as $85 a month in support for U.S.-based institutions. In contrast, Microsoft, the market leader in office productivity applications, sells its XP office suite for about $479, but offers a discounted price of $149 for one license to eligible students and faculty....

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