We have heard that the Office of Fair Trading is undertaking an investigation into the Microsoft School Agreement. The subject matter and purpose of the investigation is: 'The OFT has reasonable grounds for suspecting that Microsoft has abused a dominant position through the introduction of its School Agreement licensing option, in particular, through the requirement for all schools licensed under the School Agreement to licence Microsoft software for all eligible computers, regardless of whether schools then choose to install the licensed Microsoft software on all those computers including the licensing terms.' Information on Microsoft's School Agreement licensing option can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/how-to-buy/edu-licensing/school-agreem... If you have comments on this which you wish to pass on to the OFT, please contact me off the list with details and I will pass on the information to them. -- Roger Whittaker SuSE Linux Ltd Appleton House 139 King Street Hammersmith W6 9JG ------------------ 020 8846 3923 ------------------ roger@suse.co.uk ------------------