Microsoft is to end the programme with S4S

Nutella33 · 2 Feb 2012 at 15:28

SMN said:
The notion of filth is merely a relic ...

the filth is that old its become a relic?

King Damager · 2 Feb 2012 at 15:30

SMN said:
Or come join us in the world of tomorrow : http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=10

This will only be true if Google launch their own OS. Not enough people can be bothered to try it, but if Google OS goes widescale then it'll be based on Linux and people will probably consider it.

kd

moss · 2 Feb 2012 at 15:40

King Damager said:
This will only be true if Google launch their own OS. Not enough people can be bothered to try it, but if Google OS goes widescale then it'll be based on Linux and people will probably consider it.

They already have
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS

Burnsy2023 · 2 Feb 2012 at 16:07

moss said:
They already have
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS

How could anyone remotely tech savvy miss the fact that Chrome OS exists?

Delvis · 2 Feb 2012 at 16:17

Meh, it;s all a lie, they'll just bring out a seperate deal for students.

RomanNose · 2 Feb 2012 at 16:50

Linux is pretty much going to be the future of educational computers, especially with the raspberry pi. It's a hideous crime that colleges spend money on licenses when all the students use is office.

Camarilla · 2 Feb 2012 at 16:52

Burnsy2023 said:
How could anyone remotely tech savvy miss the fact that Chrome OS exists?

What's an OS?

RDM · 2 Feb 2012 at 16:54

I seriously doubt MS will be doing away with educational subsidies all together. Maybe they are just moving towards a direct supply model instead?

bluDawg · 2 Feb 2012 at 17:51

will this affect the SDK's that they make?

flibbage0 · 2 Feb 2012 at 18:24

Glad I bought Windows 7 Professional 64 bit a few months ago and didn't wait.

Macro · 2 Feb 2012 at 18:37

Burnsy2023 said:
How could anyone remotely tech savvy miss the fact that Chrome OS exists?

Mainly because it was aimed for the Netbook market which promptly vanished before Google could release Chrome OS leaving it high and dry. I think global shipping figures for Chrome OS netbooks is errmmm... 6 3/4

I expect it to be quietly killed off much like Wave with some waffle about deciding to focus on Android.

Luke · 2 Feb 2012 at 19:08

The prices on S4S are not low enough to make me consider buying their software. They also have Livescribe products on there that are supposedly on offer and are nearly twice the price of the purple shirt store.

It's no loss as far as I'm concerned.

piggeh · 2 Feb 2012 at 20:33

so would one be able to order from S4S if one was not a student, hypothetically?.. I wonder if they are closing it due to abuse of the system.

FoxEye · 2 Feb 2012 at 20:37

RomanNose said:
Open office is satisfactory for most students now, no big deal.

Open Office is gash.

Energize · 2 Feb 2012 at 20:43

RomanNose said:
Open office is satisfactory for most students now, no big deal.

This. Students don't typically require the functionality of MS Office products so don't have any reason to buy it.