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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.. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq