But then what you ahve to remember is this isn't something M$ is doing uot of the goodness of it's heart - it's supposed to be a PUNISHMENT, for which M$ actually thinks it's reasonable to spend an amount of money that they make in 3 weeks just from the interest on their cash assets on a scheme that will cost thousands of schools dearly in 5 years time. That's just appalling.
Toby Thursday, November 22, 2001, 4:08:09 AM, you wrote: GK> I don't know that they would look bad in refusing such an offer. What GK> company in their right mind would pay to have a competitors product GK> installed for the next generation of users. GK> -george >>From: "Brad Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: CF-Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: RE: WOT - but very funny >>Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:41:42 -0500 >> >>It's funny because they've got MS in a bind. MS wanted the renewal fees >>after 5 years. With Linux, they get nothing. Now they can either take Red >>Hat's offer or look really bad to the public. Very timely move for Red >>Hat. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: William J Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 9:08 AM >>To: CF-Linux >>Subject: Re: WOT - but very funny >> >> >>:) whys that funny thats a agreat idea, i mean BY Microshit installing the >>OS w/ hardware on all those computers after 5 years they WIN. But being a >>Linux guy myself i would love to see Schools using RH ;) >> >>AND the extra great thing is all the good hackers will have school time to >>practice too :) >> >> >>Bill Wheatley >>Director of Development >>Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer >>AEPS INC >>Allaire ColdFusion Consulting Partner >>www.aeps.com >>www.aeps2000.com >>954-472-6684 X303 >>ICQ: 417645 >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Justin MacCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "CF-Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 7:18 AM >>Subject: WOT - but very funny >> >> >> > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011120/202744_1.html >> > >> >> GK> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-linux%40houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_linux or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
