Tag: foss

  • Microsoft gives development software free to (some) students

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    Microsoft announced a program called DreamSpark recently. DreamSpark is a program to give over $2,000 worth of Microsoft development software to students free! The free software available to students includes: Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition XNA Game Studio 2.0 12-month free membership in the XNA Creators Club Expression Studio, which…

  • Jonathan Kozol Hates Microsoft!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Via Dave Cormier comes the absolutely scandalous story of how a small West African school was forced to reverse its decision to drop Windows in favour of free and open source software. …due to numerous recommendations forthcoming from the US Embassy, the State Department, and technology professionals involved in providing services to international schools worldwide,…