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On 16/11/10 19:36, Gordon Henderson wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/16/microsoft_north_carolina/ ...wonder how long it will be before Apple or even Google try to do something like this... Gordon
"The ability to effectively use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access is an essential skill in most businesses and offices today. I am pleased that North Carolina can provide this opportunity for teachers to improve their skills and for students to be career-ready."
Which is all well and good until they change the interface as they did from Office 2003 to Office 2007 (okay technically the interface has changed slightly over Office versions from 2.0 to 2003 but it's not been such a drastic change).
<Yorkshire accent> When I were a lad we learned how to use a Word Processor, Spreadsheet and Database, we didn't ave any of that fancy Powerpoint stuff </Yorkshire accent>
Poor North Carolina students, they're buggered if Microsoft were to suddenly loose market share.
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