[GordonS]

Wow, I guess this was a small school? Was it "only" Microsoft Office licenses, or was other software included too?

[bombcar]

Microsoft knows the value of having people used to their software.

You can get absolutely insane educational discounts.

[grammers]

Agreed. Once kids learned it at school, they are reluctant to switch - just listen what people say about teachers... That's Microsoft's strategy.

[selykg]

Non-profit here. Getting an E5 license is simply a no brainer. It’s insane.

[newsclues]

That value needs to be understood and exploited by the OSS competition to Microsoft.

[jms429]

At the time, MS educational licensing was cheap as hell, we paid a set price per teacher and that then included windows & office for everyone.p, including free licenses for the kids to download office at home. I’m sure it’s changed now.