____/ [H]omer on Saturday 25 August 2007 23:45 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Principal Resigns at Phila.'s School of the Future
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | District officials admit to being taken by surprise last month,
>> | when Shirley Grover announced her resignation for personal reasons
>> | as principal of the Microsoft-backed High School of the Future.
>> `----
>
> I'm not surprised. It was an untenable position for anyone except the
> irredeemably morally reprehensible.
>
> Academia and corporate self-interest don't mix.
Aye. I caught on interesting comment the other day. It's worth quoting here:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Bill_Gates_said_to_have_made_calls_to_the_Secretary_of_Defense_over_OOXML
"Microsoft is a cooperative US cash cow, like AT&T, Exxon, Halilburton, and
countless military contractors. These companies play ball with the US
government in exchange for protection and backroom deals. Politicians will
continue to protect this tyrannical monopoly until enough people stand up and
demand change."
I left the second comment (but in a rush, as usual, because I strive to comment
almost 50 times a day).
Another older one:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_is_Using_OSI_Endorsement_and_Linux_Deals_to_Promote_Lock_ins
"The real shame is that the entire world doesn’t yet understand how
detrimental Microsoft is to the tech industry, innovation, and freedom.
Microsoft destroys innovative products by pushing it’s own knockoffs
through its OS monopoly.
Microsoft stifles competition by leveraging its OS monopoly, and through
backroom government deals.
Microsoft is unable to compete on an even playing field, it spreads fear
and terror to create distrust of alternatives.
Microsoft is unable to compete on an even playing field, it perpetuates its
monopoly through OEM preloads to the gullible consumer.
Microsoft poisons open standards and protocols. They have been convicted of
this in US federal court!
Microsoft software tends to suck.
If people don’t see the harm in all that, then you might as well all go
shoot yourselves now, because over the next few decades such monopolists will
enthrone themselves as your masters, and then you will be slaves. There will
be no open market, no capitalism, it will be a global Oligarchy, a fascist
empire of robber barons that control information, culture, and commerce. "
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