FRC Blogged - Awards and 2014 Operating System Support

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

It would be nice if teams were given the opportunity to upgrade their existing programming computer OS to Windows 7. I wonder if Microsoft would consider making licenses available to FRC teams.

Techsoup.org administers software donations to 501c3 organizations. There's a little bit of work to get registered, but eligible organizations can get all sorts of software (including Windows licenses) for a fraction of the cost - a Windows upgrade is $12. The Microsoft volume licensing is a bit painful to navigate, but we found it to be worth it for the money saved.