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Technology vouchers for schools
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| The School District of Beloit will be
| receiving about $2 million in vouchers to
| buy software from Microsoft as the result
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| of a lawsuit settlement.
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http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2010/03/31/news/local_news/news033103.txt
Sheboygan schools get $1.2M in court settlement
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100331/SHE0101/3310420/1973/SHE0205
Schools to cash in on lawsuit settlement
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| The vouchers are part of a second phase of
| the settlement. The initial 2006
| settlement gave vouchers to anyone that
| bought specific Microsoft products or a
| computer and had those products installed
| for use in Wisconsin between Dec. 7, 1993,
| and April 30, 2003.
|
| The second phase distributes money not
| claimed in the first phase. A Milwaukee
| County judge ruled that once all the
| original plaintiffs were paid, the
| remaining money should be split between
| Microsoft and Wisconsin public schools,
| according to news reports.
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http://gazettextra.com/news/2010/mar/30/schools-cash-lawsuit-settlement/
Schools in area to get funds from Microsoft settlement
http://www.wdtimes.com/articles/2010/03/30/news/news1.txt
Schools With Low-Income Students Get Computer Vouchers
http://www.whbl.com/news/articles/2010/mar/30/schools-low-income-students-get-computer-vouchers/
Madison school system to reap $3.4 million in settlement with Microsoft
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| A drawn-out legal settlement with
| Microsoft will reap more than $3.4 million
| in high-tech funding for Madison public
| schools, officials said Monday.
|
| Itâs welcome news in a district facing an
| $18.1 million budget hole, even though the
| windfall comes with restrictions on how
| the money can be spent, based on what the
| districtâs current technology programs
| include.
|
| [...]
|
| The funds come from the antitrust class
| action lawsuit Spence et al. v. Microsoft,
| which was filed on behalf of Wisconsin
| government entities, business and
| consumers, and settled in 2007 for $224
| million. Schools and school districts that
| filed claims will receive nearly $80
| million of that in vouchers for equipment,
| software and training, which are to be
| directed to schools in which at least a
| third of students in 2005 came from low-
| income households.
|
| [...]
|
| The districtâs chief information officer,
| Kurt Kiefer, said priorities include
| making schools wireless, purchasing mobile
| technologies for schools, and buying basic
| display technologies for teachers such as
| data projectors.
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http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/article_54cf42b8-3b97-11df-b181-001cc4c03286.html
Wis. Schools Get $80 Million In Reimbursements
http://wcco.com/wireapnewswi/Wis.officials.ship.2.1599066.html
Microsoft Gives Wisconsin Schools $80M
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/89498147.html
Schools score $80M in reimbursements
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/microsoft-settlement-pays-off-for-more-than-800-wisconsin-schools
Over 800 schools get $80 million in reimbursements
http://www.waow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12225705
Wisconsin Schools Get $80 Million In Reimbursements
http://www.nbc15.com/state/headlines/89502442.html
State schools get $80 million in reimbursements from Microsoft antitrust lawsuit
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100330/GPG0101/100330042/1207/GPG01/State-schools-get--80M-from-Microsoft-lawsuit
Antigo Schools Receive $700,000 Following Microsoft Settlement
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| The Unified School District of Antigo has
| more than $700,000 to spend on technology.
| The vouchers came Monday as the result of
| a class-action lawsuit settlement the
| state had with Microsoft Corp.
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http://www.wsaw.com/education/headlines/89554297.html
State schools to share $80 million Microsoft settlement
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| The influx of funds is substantial - low-
| income schools in Milwaukee Public Schools
| will share about $25 million, while the
| public school districts in Madison,
| Kenosha and Green Bay will each receive
| vouchers of more than $3 million to split
| among their low-income schools.
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http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/89481022.html
Antitrust suit is boon for schools
http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/front_page/article_dbfd9590-06aa-54e9-b4c0-d6f50f61c37e.html
10 years after Microsoft vs. DoJ
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| Ten years after losing a bitterly
| contested antitrust browser battle to the
| U.S. Department of Justice, debate
| continues as to whether Microsoft was
| tamed by the legal rebuke or freed to
| treat it like a speed bump.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/040110-microsoft-antitrust.html
Recent:
Microsoft settles suit with Mississippi for $100 mln
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| Microsoft faced a rush of class-action suits on behalf of consumers in
| individual states after a U.S. federal judge found in 2000 that the world's
| largest software company abused its monopoly power by tying its Internet
| Explorer browser to its Windows operating system.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1152686420090611
Related:
Crimes Microsoft Gets Away With - So Far
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| News publications are cautious about making accusations, and because of that,
| some nasty acts of Microsoft are essentially being erased from the record.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft convinced Baystar Capital to put $50 Million dollars into SCO's
| lawsuit against IBM and other Open Source users, and promised to "backstop"
| Baystar's investment if SCO lost money, according to this sworn testimony.
| But I'm told that one person's testimony, even sworn testimony, isn't proof.
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http://technocrat.net/no-cache/d/2008/7/30/46981
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