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On 24/12/10 15:57, Neil Stone wrote: > On 24/12/10 12:57, Paul Sutton wrote: >> On 24/12/10 08:14, Alex Mclennan wrote: >>> hi all, GRRRRRRRRRRRR in the highest extreme,who ever the moron is >>> that sanctioned the giving away of ipads should be publicly vilified >>> in the press and and then thrown in the stocks. >>> i agree with you what an utter waste of money,do you know who was >>> responsible for this ludicrous decision. >>> yours grrrrringly >>> alex the noob >>> >>> --- On *Fri, 24/12/10, Simon Williams /<simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Simon Williams <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Subject: Re: [LUG] Free ipad to every student???? >>> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Date: Friday, 24 December, 2010, 1:20 >>> >>> On 24/12/10 00:26, Dava wrote: >>> > Hi, i know we have all touched the subject on open office/MS >>> office with >>> > schools etc, its quite a strong topic for some! Well how about >>> this... I >>> > have a relative who's daughter attends Liverton Primary school >>> (Newton >>> > Abbot) and she (among the other 30 students) have all been >>> given and >>> > Ipad FOC! This is ludacris! The money wasted on theses Ipads >>> for the >>> > children to use some proprietary, in my opinion, rubbish. >>> Surely the >>> > money should be spent elsewhere, maybe on something that will >>> give some >>> > sort of "education"! Angry birds anyone??? Sorry for the rant, >>> as you >>> > all can probably tell I'm NOT an apple lover at the best of >>> times, but >>> > this has pushed me over the edge! >>> > >>> > I would be interested to hear your views on this? Any similar to >>> mine?? >>> >>> Even if it was a good idea, I would far rather they lowered the >>> taxes so that people could get jobs and buy their own... >>> >>> -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >>> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >>> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq >>> >>> >> i take it there may be an article in the press about this, so if there >> how about writing something back to give information on alternatives >> >> I have been asked to send in an article to the opionion panel on open >> source in general so will see what i can come up with, this NEEDS to >> be done by january 4th >> >> it would be nice to meet up somewhere between xmas and new year to >> get a bit of input perhaps >> >> paul >> >> > I can help.. > Cool thanks, will try and arrange a time / day to meet up before the new year. Paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq