Microsoft, Branding Students
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| Hence, some of the strategy behind Microsoft’s announcement last week. They
| are releasing a beta of their free online workspace dubbed Office Live
| Workspace as part of the Live@edu for students. Unfortunately… about seven
| years late. Students are using Google docs, Wikis, Facebook, blogs etc.
|
| They don’t have it very clearly stated, but the bad news is you can’t edit
| your online documents if you access them from a public computer that doesn’t
| already have MS Office installed. Less control, less creativity. You’re given
| a Hotmail account which adds to Microsoft’s bottom line. Oh, the university
| can brand Hotmail as their own with a “powered by Windows Live Hotmail”
| underneath the university logo. “UC Berkeley - Powered by Windows Live
| Hotmail” just doesn’t sound right.
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http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2008/03/13/microsoft-branding-students/
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Principal Resigns at Phila.'s School of the Future
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| 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.
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http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/798387.php?contentType=4&contentId=789006
Gates demands better schools as Gates-backed school closes
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| But just before the Gates editorial appeared, word broke that one of
| the hi-tech schools in the heart of Silicon Valley will be shut down
| because of a lack of funding and students.
|
| The board of directors behind the High Tech High in Redwood City
| -- the home of Oracle -- last week voted unanimously to mothball
| the school less than two years after it opened.
|
| [...]
|
| Parents and students broke down in tears during a meeting about the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| school, saying they were promised a five-year commitment to keep the
| project going.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/27/gates_school/
Welcome to college, here's your Windows Live account
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| Microsoft, in an attempt to spread the word about Windows Live, has struck
| a deal with 72 colleges all across the world. And what is this said deal?
| The colleges have agreed to let Microsoft host their students'
| e-mail accounts.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/4/23/3719
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