On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:14:19 +0800, Big Chiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> and they were trained to use ms products :(

Bah, let's face it. The average teacher is better off with MS products
than magpapakahirap sa Linux. Also, the average non-IT-techie end-user
is better off knowing how to use MS products. It's a more marketable
skill (see any want ads for "billing clerk; must know OpenOffice.Org
and SuSE 9.x" ?)

Besides, M$ ain't so bad. The Bill and Mel Foundation has donated $20B
na daw for AIDS research and disease vaccination. If they throw some
$$$ to our poor public school teachers, and the price of that is using
M$ products, I'm all for it.  I don't see any Linux-volunteerism-types
being able to cough up that scale of dough. Besides, the WinXP and
OfficeXP bundled with the "PC for public school teachers" is heftily
discounted. 90% isn't anything to sneeze at (tells you how much M$'s
margins are though... but I'll take what charity i can)
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