On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Michael Chaney <mdcha...@michaelchaney.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Chris McQuistion > <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: >> I don't understand how this is dirty, either? If they want to give >> something away, why can't they? Google could give stuff away (and does). >> Apple could give stuff away (but doesn't.) Linux could give stuff away >> (and does.) >> Where's the problem? I don't like most of Microsoft's products and I won't >> take them up on their offer for free training, but I don't see how offering >> it is a bad thing? > > It's just fine with me, right up to the point that they involve a > governmental organization. Looking closer, it looks to just be MS > Office skills, which I don't have a huge problem with given its > (unfortunate) ubiquity. But it's still not proper for the state to be > pimping for a corporation. > > Michael
Historically, when MS gives something away it's to drive a competitor out of the market, not to enrich the consumer. I noticed the site seems to take quite a while to load. Made me what OS the server was running. http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=tdlwd.tn.gov Ah, nvm. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
