Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:27:14 +0100,
> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> "The UK computer agency Becta is advising schools not to sign licensing
>>> agreements with Microsoft because of alleged anti-competitive practices"
>>>
>>> "the problem was that Microsoft required schools to have licences for
>>> every PC in a school that might use its software, whether they were
>>> actually doing so or running something else"
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7063716.stm
>>
>> Another example of how Microsoft are grabbing taxpayers money, in this
>> case, money gathered specifically to educate our children. There is
>> positively no reason whatsoever why a "licence fee" should be paid just
>> to own a PC, either to Microsoft, or to anyone else. School budgets are
>> tight indeed, and this abuse results, in the long run, in degrading
>> buildings, larger class sizes, and so on.
>>
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> Agreed, they tried the same thing in Oregon, and it bit them in the ass
> hard. Resulting in a huge boost for the K12 project.
Good... Becta, the quango, somehow manages to keep the details of its
deal secret - I don't know how they do this, and I suspect it could be
challenged under FOA, but so far, nobody has been successful.
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>> Now queue Kier to justify it.
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> Why would he? he hasn't defended stuff like this, he's disagreed with
> you, but then, that seems to be your litmus test ...
>
Ah, queue Jim to justify Kier, then.
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