Organization providing low cost computing pushing Microsoft???

2007-06-14 Thread Mark Mcsweeney
- I heard a story on the radio today about an organization in Manchester and Nashua called Donation Networks. - Their website is: http://www.donationnetworks.org/ - They have a program that they call Computers in Every Home with the mission statement of: The Computers In Every Home Program is

Re: Organization providing low cost computing pushing Microsoft???

2007-06-14 Thread Ben Scott
On 6/14/07, Mark Mcsweeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems to me that an organization that is looking to provide low/no cost computing to disadvantaged citizens would be able to provide the best service with a FOSS solution rather than by an expensive, proprietary system. I can't speak to

Re: Organization providing low cost computing pushing Microsoft???

2007-06-14 Thread VirginSnow
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:50:26 -0400 From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Which is not to say DN isn't worth targeting for FOSS advocacy. Contract administration and license management have costs, too. With FOSS, those just disappear. And there's always the whole Freedom aspect. While