Even as it bags yet another big tertiary mega-deal - this time, 16,000 students at the University of Adelaide -  Google is finding Microsoft hard to dislodge at the University of Auckland. The reason may surprise you.

Google’s Applications suite, popularly known as Google Apps, and sold for around $75 per user per year in its commercial version, is proving popular with universities. No wonder, a special education edition is offered free to tertiary institutions.