Microsoft distorting schools market, claim UK PC builders

Doug Woodburn
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Smaller local assemblers say Technology Access Programme is freezing them out of education market and restricting customer choice

Microsoft has come under fire from local PC builders for "skewing" the education market with its Technology Access Programme (TAP). CRN gathers that some UK assemblers have sought legal advice o...

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