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...real losers in this situation are the U.S. residents who are forced to use relatively weak software. In January, a graduate student at Duke University took only four hours to break a code similar to those Web browsers use to protect credit card numbers. Netscape and Microsoft offer strong-encryption versions of their browsers to U.S. residents who ask for them, but because of export restrictions, the weak version is the standard. Many other products are similarly affected. Also in January, two private organizations, using $250,000 in computer equipment, cracked a code standard for government agencies and financial institutions...
...officially announced today it had received the donation from Microsoft founder William H. Gates III, class...
Under the new plan, which raises the cost of the program by $2, students are allowed to keep the Microsoft programs on their computers after they leave the university. The $2 charge brings the total fee to about $20 per student annually, according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education's on-line edition...
Students must buy Microsoft Office 97 programs to access the software, or purchase other programs such as Word-Perfect or Claris Works...
While many students have found alternatives topaying, Microsoft profited from at least onestudent...