I'd dig deeper on this one. When a company says "we will donate $X to schools", they often mean the notional retail value of their products. My high school computer class was drowning in donated AOL floppies, MS Office licenses, and copies of the soundtrack to Gigli.
It's carpet bombing, basically. Maybe the kids benefit, maybe not, but they are being used in a distasteful way.
Good point, but judging from this I think they are talking about cash:
"$1,000,000 from Desire2Learn can make a significant difference for thousands of students through the purchase of laptops, technology, supplies and other much needed educational support."
That is a good point. If they wrote out the check or put it in escrow, that would make the case even stronger.
Let's assume they mean $1M cash. This is an awesome move. Our legal system really needs an overhaul. So little value is created in suits like this and so much time and resources are poured into them. Kudos to them.
I speak from not much, but some experience after suing a corporation(very reluctantly) and being sued personally.
It's carpet bombing, basically. Maybe the kids benefit, maybe not, but they are being used in a distasteful way.