Solveig explains why MS Vista is being ignored by educators. No surprise, really: the high cost, upgrade headaches, and lack of compelling features form the biggest trifecta since George W. Bush’s (audio plays at this link).

Solveig writes, “One public organization with 3,000 employees is saving 2.8 million dollars over the next six years, just by switching to OpenOffice.org. That’s a lot of money.”

She also quotes a piece by Wesley Fryer that delves into the same questions and concludes that Mac OS X or Linux, running OpenOffice.org, provide better value propositions.

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