Microsoft knows the value of having people used to their software.
You can get absolutely insane educational discounts.
Non-profit here. Getting an E5 license is simply a no brainer. It’s insane.
Agreed. Once kids learned it at school, they are reluctant to switch - just listen what people say about teachers... That's Microsoft's strategy.
That value needs to be understood and exploited by the OSS competition to Microsoft.
At the time, MS educational licensing was cheap as hell, we paid a set price per teacher and that then included windows & office for everyone.p, including free licenses for the kids to download office at home. I’m sure it’s changed now.