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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by boogies on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:59PM (#24483554)
> on a tiny Linux netbook using OpenOffice / LibreOffice that cost me a fraction of what everyone else was using (emphasis added)

I read it as referring to the hardware. Linux runs inside many SD cards and can run on a ~$3 business card (as well as running on most supercomputers, stock exchanges, the ISS, SpaceX rockets and many cars, etc.)

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by TallGuyShort on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:29PM (#24484853)
I meant it to refer to both. I had a lot of peers who were using recent MacBooks and would often buy software for their projects. I know many of them used Microsoft Office on their macs too - but whether they could get that free of charge at the time is unknown to me.
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