[Freeschool] Fwd: [seul-edu] MS offer

[Michael Shigorin]

FYI

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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:33:35 -0500
From: "Dave Prentice" <prentice на instruction.com>
To: <seul-edu на seul.org>
Subject: [seul-edu] MS offer
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Hey guys,
    Looks like MS is starting to pay attention to public concern. I
got a very nice email from a lady who works for MS asking if I am
still trying to load Linux on old machines at my school. It seems MS
is now looking into making available OS's and Works for older machines
in schools. She says she hopes it will be free, and wants to come
visit. Comments?
Dave Prentice
prentice на instruction.com


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----- Forwarded message from Hans Paijmans <j.j.paijmans на kub.nl> -----

Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 06:15:31 +0200
From: Hans Paijmans <j.j.paijmans на kub.nl>
To: seul-edu на seul.org
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] MS offer
User-Agent: KMail/1.4.7

On Thursday 10 October 2002 01:33, Dave Prentice wrote:
> Hey guys,
>     Looks like MS is starting to pay attention to public concern.
I
> got a very nice email from a lady who works for MS asking if I am
> still trying to load Linux on old machines at my school. It seems
MS
> is now looking into making available OS's and Works for older
machines
> in schools. She says she hopes it will be free, and wants to come
> visit. Comments?

In Holland, Microsoft is making very similar ouvertures to Open
Source companies and groups. When the interviewed persons reported
back to the community, consensus was that they are just collecting
tactical information, and that they will not really contribute.

Paai

-- 
Dr. J.J. Paijmans




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