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Microsoft is buying loyalty, the Apple way, by indoctrinating
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students in classrooms in Georgia.
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Microsoft gives "free" software to college students in Georgia,
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and Microsoft products are used and taught in the University,
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thus continuing a cycle.
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It is the same technique used by drug dealers. Here is Microsoft's
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spin: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.rgerhart.com/uploads/8/3/2/1/8321687/georgia.pdf">http://www.rgerhart.com/uploads/8/3/2/1/8321687/georgia.pdf</a>
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Where else is this happening & why is it tolerated?
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Centers of education should be centers of diversity - not closed-shops
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for the commercial promotion of proprietary products.
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LibreOffice <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.libreoffice.org/">http://www.libreoffice.org/</a> and Moodle <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://moodle.org/">https://moodle.org/</a>
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are free and meet most educational needs.
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Taking this fiscal and organizational short-cut is not in the best interest
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of students. Shame on the Georgia Board of Regents.
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