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Microsoft vs. Northwest Schools Part II

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the return-of-the-linux-jedi dept.

sharkey writes "Simple End User Linux (SEUL) has an article about their visit to the ACPE 2002 conference. Microsoft's visit to the conference is outlined, as well as the school districts' attitude towards GPL software and migration issues. An interesting follow-up to an earlier Slashdot article."

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  1. From the article. by Hiro+Antagonist · · Score: 4, Funny

    In our district we have God control over our machines and dictate all hardware and network decisions, but even then have had to give some leeway on software installs for political issues.

    I prefer to take a more hands-on approach and use "root", rather than a third-party administration product of dubious reliability, scalability, and quality. ;)

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  2. Re:And, an attempt to buy their way out... by Lxy · · Score: 4, Funny

    a new definition to "free as in beer", anyway....

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  3. Re:shooting self in foot by Eccles · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's interesting that Microsoft's auditing process is acting as a catalyst to mainstream linux awareness and possible adoption at the public school level.

    Isn't someone going to quote Princess Leia? ("The more you tighten your grip..." )

    I must be at the wrong website.

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