One point that no one has mentioned: this massive site license that the university has purchased is paid for out of your tuition dollars. Basically, you pay a fee (hidden somewhere in there) that is probably close to the actual cost of the software for the "privilidge" of purchasing MS software. You pay this fee (and it generally ends up in the MS coffers) whether you buy the "discounted" software or not. Wonderful, ain't it?
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