ARTICLE: Every AZ student to get Microsoft Office

[John Albee]

And if you want to throw them a curve-ball, throw in the Ximian desktop(
Stable enough for use yet? ).  That way you have ease of use, price, and
stability...  Besides, if Linux is good enough for the NASTAQ...  Just my
wandering thoughts.  Only need a few APPs are required for K-12 students
(browser, StarOffice, etc).  More APPs would be required for college but I
have yet to run across an arguement that would cement a K-12 school in
windows(well, majority windows).  A linux system would be easier to
manage, cheaper to maintain, and more secure.  

On other thing that just popped up in my mind...  The $172 Million dollar
price tag just about equals one whole alt-fuels fiasco every 3 years.

If I have just thrown out some flamebait, I'm sorry.

-- 
John Albee
Active Computing
602.448.4528
jAlbee@airparkexchange.com

  

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:56:31 -0700 (PDT)
Matt Alexander <m@netpro.to> wrote:

> On 29 Aug 2001, Nathan England wrote:
> 
> > ditto on my AbiWord.  Opened just fine.
> > And according to it, it will only cost $35 bucks! to show up for this!
> >
> > Hmmm, should I still register if I only plan to show up with a picket
> > sign and protest? Hand out debian and slack cds, pro linux
> > bumperstickers (courtesy of linuxmall, of course) and maybe a few
> > stuffed penguins... I wonder if Fry's still has all those baby tuxs',
or
> > did they can those like they do everything else good in that crappy
> > place?
> >
> > Oh well, I'll be there at 0730 sharp, sign in hand, hoarse voice, and
> > screamin' baby!
> 
> Errr...  perhaps if you created some flyers explaining your situation...
> you could hand those out with the CDs so people have a better idea of
why
> you're protesting.  Also, maybe using RedHat 7.1 or Mandrake 8.0 would
be
> a better choice for new Linux users.
> ~M
> 
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