At Many California Colleges, Students Get a Deal on Microsoft Software

In an unusual arrangement, many students who attend college in California will be able to buy Microsoft software at deeply discounted prices because of a new licensing and online-sales agreement the Microsoft Corporation has made with two higher-education consortia.

Microsoft plans to offer similar agreements to other college consortia. The agreements could help the company increase its sales of software to college students, many of whom obtain unlicensed copies rather than pay

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