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."
>
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