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Re: OS licensing for students
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andy Voelker)
Tue Jun 7 16:49:01 2011
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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:48:19 -0400
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From: Andy Voelker <avoelker@EMAIL.WCU.EDU>
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We have an authenticated website that refers to an Active Directory
container. That container is populated with only current students. We
build a self-extracting exe/dmg of each type. We also only allow the
download to occur twice per student, which is handled by a rather
rudimentary Access database. If a student complains that the download
didn't work or had an issue, we will log the reason and remove one
download count. We keep track of patterns of these requests.
-- Andy Voelker
Manager of Student Computing in the Technology Commons
Western Carolina University
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On 6/7/11 12:54 PM, "Rizzo, Jim" <JRIZZO@providence.edu> wrote:
>Andy,
>
>What do you use to provide the download of MS Office for students? How do
>you manage it only going to actual students?
>
>As for us, our campus agreement is through NERCOMP. We recently switched
>to a plan that allows us to provide Windows and Office to students
>increasing over a 4 year period. The 2011-12 school year will be our 3rd
>year, so it's technically available to all freshmen, sophomores, and
>juniors. We have our laptop vendor sell the students discs for $25 (we
>pay something like $7-10 for each disc). The vendor keeps some of that as
>part of the service and then uses the rest as a discount for us since
>they also service the college-owned workstations.
>
>Jim
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>At Western Carolina University we have a Microsoft licensing agreement
>hat allows students access to Windows 7 Ultimate for free, they just have
>to pay for the official hologram media. It costs $16.16 at the bookstore
>after tax. I think the media is only 10 a piece but they increase the
>price for sticking, etc. Distance students can also order it and have it
>mailed. Students are limited to two purchases per year. We also provide
>the latest version of Office for both PC and Mac for free. It is
>available for either free download or purchase of the official media.
>
>For OS reinstalls, we have a universal disc image with all versions
>slipstreamed together. As long as they have their sticker and it is
>readable, we are able to use that. For XP, the license agreement
>supplies a free upgrade from Home to Pro, so we can always install XP if
>they have no key. We sometimes use the Magical Jelleybean Keyfinder to
>take the key off before format, but that isn't always possible. At times
>when we just can't get the key, we just tell them to go to the bookstore
>and pay the $16 to get a new license, which is usually an upgrade for
>them anyway (since it is the ultimate version).
>
>I know how this is implemented, but I don't know much of the background
>of the agreement. If you would like more info, contact me off list.
>
>-- Andy Voelker
>Manager of Student Computing in the Technology Commons
>Western Carolina University
>Be sure to check out the WCU TechTips Podcast at
>http://www.youtube.com/WesternCarolinaU!!
>Check the status of your IT requests at any time at http://help.wcu.edu/ !
>
>From: Claudia Servadio-Coyne
><ccoyne@COLGATE.EDU<mailto:ccoyne@COLGATE.EDU>>
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>Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:53:43 -0400
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>Subject: OS licensing for students
>
>
>Does anyone have an OS (Windows or Mac) licensing agreement so that
>students can receive the OS for free or for a small fee?
>If so what are the terms of the agreement?
>
>How do places deal with student machines that need OS's re-installed and
>the student fails to provide the disks?
>
>--
>Claudia Servadio-Coyne
>Student Technology Manager ITS
>Colgate University
>phone: (315) 520-8007
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