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[News] [Rival] Microsoft 'Compensates' Schools by 'Allowing' Them to Buy More Microsoft

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft 'Compensates' Schools by 'Allowing' Them to Buy More Microsoft
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:11:41 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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Wis. schools to get tech vouchers from Microsoft

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| Wisconsin schools in line for millions of dollars in Microsoft vouchers 
| 
| [...]
| 
| The settlement lays out $75 million to $80 million in reimbursements for a 
| wide range of technology products and services. The exact amount is still 
| being determined.  
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Wis-schools-to-get-tech-apf-15470446.html?.v=1

ECASD: Microsoft Settlement Leads to $750,000 for District

http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10504046

Wis. schools to get tech vouchers from Microsoft

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jun/08/news/chi-ap-wi-microsoftfees-wis

Schools May Get Some Microsoft Money

http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=4647

“They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect
sometime in the next decade.”

                                --Bill Gates

Recent:

Microsoft: Sorry, you can't use these vouchers to learn Linux

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| The vouchers are being made available as part of Microsoft's Elevate America
| retraining program, announced in February, which aims to train up to 2
| million people over the next three years.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_Sorry_you_cant_use_these_vouchers_to_learn_Linux_42925097.html


Linux helps raise funds for a million soccer balls

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| "We recently used the Linux desktop multiplier to deploy 2 205 Linux
| desktops in 105 South African schools," said Hodgson, who described
| the multiplier strategy as a "more affordable and
| environmentally-friendly desktop alternative for South African schools".
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1611
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