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blog of helios: They Will Stop at Nothing
Jun 17, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (7909 reads)

"A recent blog told of my experience with jr. high school teachers and yours truly walking them through the basics of PCLinuxOS and OpenOffice. Just to fill in some of the blanks, I had been working with the administration to try and get them to switch to Open Source Software. This particular school expressed an interest so I volunteered to help train a few teachers and then they could in turn train others. It is looking like they are serious about making the switch... at least until yesterday.

"My phone rang at about 10:30 AM. It was the Vice Principal of the above-mentioned school and if his tone was any indication, he was a bit agitated. Their Microsoft licensing expires in August of this year it seems..."

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So, now all you have to do is find ANOTH ...   I never expected them to lie!   
Brandioch Conner
Jun 17, 2005, 03:04:48
 
What a great story! There are plenty of  ...   Lying Salesmen   
Bright Red Fish
Jun 17, 2005, 14:31:58
 
Agreed. And: what a great series of talk ...   Re: Lying Salesmen   
R.L.
Jun 17, 2005, 18:08:25
 
As someone who has been thinking about/p ...   Nice Story   
James White
Jun 17, 2005, 20:19:38
 
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