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[News] [Rival] Another Failed Microsoft Product: Microsoft Schools

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Another Failed Microsoft Product: Microsoft Schools
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:12:40 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
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

See the story below.


Related:

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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