The Lost Packet wrote:
> Terry Porter wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> UK schools chief begs for Home Access scheme cash
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>>> | Schools minister Jim Knight, who was speaking at the opening of this
>>> | year's Bett event at Olympia in London, said today that Microsoft has
>>> | created something he described as a ?re-investment fund?. The software
>>> | maker will ?commit to fund a foundation in support of the Home Access
>>> | programme,? he said.
>>> |
>>> | However, Knight didn?t reveal how much cash Microsoft was pumping into
>>> | the initiative, which has been periodically wheeled out by the
>>> | Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) for the past 12
>>> | months, perhaps in part to help resuscitate Gordon Brown's
>>> | premiership.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | However, this latest agreement with Microsoft to inject some money
>>> | into the Home Access programme could ruffle some feathers,
>>> | particularly among the open source community.
>>> |
>>> | The Microsoft-funded foundation will develop and implement a programme
>>> | of training and support for teachers, parents, as well as to help
>>> | create "awareness" for the Home Office programme, said Knight.
>>> `----
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>> Gack, this Microsoft methodology is *straight* out of Comes v/s Microsoft
>> emails that Doug M has been posting!
>>
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> More lock-in by insinuation into our education system.
>
> Fucking lovely.
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Yeah, I feel *exactly* the same way you do. Over here in OZ, it's the same
lock in.
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