Today, Apple released a new licensing scheme for K-12 and higher education. The new plan is aimed at reducing paperwork and headaches for school administrators while at the same time saving institutions money and making software audits easier.
Interestingly, they've also bundled iLife and iWork into the basic OS package which will likely put the software on many more educational machines. Millions more. Until now iWork has been a separate purchase and often left off of lab computers and kiosks in favor of Microsoft Office.
Whether or not this is to just simplify purchasing or a response to Google Apps gaining a foothold in education isn't certain.
The move will also put the iLife suite in front of millions more potential switchers and could even provide an interes
