John Locke wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2007 15:18:51 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Students may get recycled computers
>>
>> In the past, the surplus computers were put up for bid. Ashton said
>> the district usually received little if any money for the computers,
>> sometimes ?pennies on the dollar for scrap.? Some companies charged
>> to haul off the computers.
>
> I often wonder how many billions of dollars have been wasted by
> school system buying Microsoft linceses and junking perfectly good
> PCs.
Not one cent was wasted. Everyone wins with Windows. Most importantly, the
students get access to the best educational software in the world.
> It makes me ill to think my property tax money is flowing into
> Microsoft's pockets.
Then you must be near death all day at work, running your entire business on
Window.
cola idiots insist Linux/OSS is all-powerful and Windows is crap, so remind
me: why can't you immediately switch your business to the "superior"
Linux/OSS platform?
> I think that the powers to be are finally
> getting wind of this and I predict that Linux will be a major player
> in the schools within two years or less.
It already is at some/lots of colleges.
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