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October 15, 1999
WRIGHT STATE STUDENTS TO RECEIVE
COMPUTER SOFTWARE FREE OF CHARGE
Students at Wright State University will begin receiving computer software valued at more than $1,000 free of charge this month.
Wright State and the 12 other members of the Inter-University Council of Ohio (IUC), an association of Ohio's 13 public universities and two stand-alone medical schools, have signed a new licensing agreement with Microsoft Corporation. The three-year Education Select and Enterprise Enrollment Agreement allows Wright State and IUC member schools to provide students with the most popular Microsoft products at a cost determined by the university. Wright State opted to offer the software to its students free of charge. Ohio is the first statewide system of universities to enter into this kind of agreement with Microsoft.
"We at Wright State are pleased to be able to offer our students this resource free of charge. Having a standard set of tools available to faculty and students will enhance the educational experience and make WSU students more productive and more broadly educated in the important areas of information technology," said Perry Moore, provost. "By signing this agreement, the university lowers the overall cost of acquiring this software for the university and students, simplifies licensing and provides a significant benefit to students."
Wright State students will be able to check out Microsoft Office Professional for Windows and Macintosh from the university library, for use on their home computers. Other software, including Windows operating system upgrades, Front Page web development software and the Visual Studio Pro computer language suite will become available before the end of November. Faculty and staff will also have access to the software products.
All computer users at Wright State will be able to upgrade to the latest supported version of software at no additional cost throughout the life of the agreement. With this contract, Wright State will be able to distribute newer versions of this software more rapidly and to the entire campus quickly and easily.
For more information on Wright State's agreement with Microsoft Corporation, go to the university's Department of Computing and Telecommunications Services website at www.cats.wright.edu/microsoft/.
