If I show up would someone be willing to give me a VA Linux T-shirt? 8-) I'd attend for that ... hahahaha EBo -- John Starta wrote: > > At 08:28 PM 9/7/01 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: > >I am mostly an embedded systems programmer but I also have responsibility > >for Windows stuff too. As such, I get some of the MS e-newsletters. This > >link caught my attention in the Office XP newsletter today. > > > >It appears MS is pushing education as a big market: > >http://www.microsoft.com/office/ons/backtoschool.htm > > > >To sell MS products to the education market, they are educating the market. > > > >They are offering free half-day "seminars" all accross the country. > >http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=WestRegion > > > >Phoenix event is Sept. 21st. Friday morning. 2929 N. Central. > >http://msevents.microsoft.com/events/USA/ENU/detail/ED101805416.htm > > > >(I could not get to the description of the seminar. It was a VBScript > >link and Konqueror didn't know what to do with it. I will have to fire up > >Windows and go get the description.) > > The description for the Phoenix event (see URL above): > > "**For Education Customers Only** Explore countless new teaching and > learning experiences at this FREE 1/2 day seminar. See for yourself how > Windows® XP, Office XP and Encarta Class Server can enhance your daily > experience. Can one seminar truly make a difference? This seminar can - and > will - for anyone in education, from school and university administrators > to teachers, faculty and IT staff. Through a series of interactive "day in > the life" scenarios, you'll see how Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office > XP and Microsoft Encarta Class Server enhance teaching and learning, > increase productivity and integrate Web tools and services." > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss