I had to comment.

The reason schools now have M$ products is 3 fold.
1. Business uses M$ products, business has a huge say in what is taught 
in schools. "What kind of workers
    do you need today."
    Art, Music, Literature, Ethics, and  Drama don't carry any weight 
with business so they get 0 "zero" funding
    Math and Science get some funding so the ladder climbers can us 
smart people for ladder wrung.
    Sports and Creative BS your way to the top, get tons of funding.

2. M$ is pushing like crazy to get it's products in to the schools.
    M$ can market like no other company I know of

3. Can I hire a Linux SA for the same as an NT SA?
    Is Linux easier to support then NT?

Now if your school needs computers, many of the biggest companies in 
this country will grant schools $ to purchase computers. Not with OSX or 
Linux but you guessed it M$ products.  The computer lab at my kids 
school has better PC's then I do (doesn't take much). They must have 
35-40 PC's with 17 inch displays.

Do the computers get used for educating my kids?  My Daughter (12) is 
able to type and spell without using a spell check. Yes she can use a 
computer and she is getting an education (parish school).  My son (9) is 
still hunting and pecking but he can spell almost any word.  Computers 
and Calculators are not aloud to be used for Math. I'm relearning 
algebra now and it's really fun, sort of.

My son uses his computer to access the Hennepin County Library System 
http://www.hclib.org   to get books, video, music, and anything else he 
can find. He can renew anything he has checked out in a heart beat. He 
has his own account and password both on my network and on the  
http://www.hclib.org   web site.

The best thing I did (computer oriented) for my kids was to teach them 
how to find things on  http://www.hclib.org  We don't buy or rent 
movies, we buy books but not everyone they want to read.  My son's home 
page is  http://www.hclib.org  he can't get enough of it.  I take 2 
trips a week to the library and I don't mind one bit.

This years best Holiday gift has to be  http://www.hclib.org  for your 
kids or your self.

Sam.
   

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