Re: [PLUG] Microsoft Run High School?

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 10:07 AM, Craig Brennan wrote:
> I wonder what the licensing fees are for all that technology?  As a 
> former Philly school district teacher, I'd be willing to bet that was 
> an afterthought, and it will cost them much more than they think it 
> will.

While they don't say so, this is clearly patterned after the Penn 
Alexander School.

Afterthought? One assumes that Microsoft is donating all costs to the 
City. ... :)

The thing I love.... "Parents will get: On-line communication with 
teachers."

What does that mean...

Microsoft will provide MSN email accounts for the teachers AND parents?

Communications will be via Microsoft's version of iChat via MSN instead 
of AOL?

"Enquiring minds want to know."

Once again, however, "Microsoft's contribution will not be monetary, 
but in services worth millions of dollars, including a full-time 
on-site project manager, planning and design experience, staff 
training, and continuing technology support."

Didn't Microsoft get dragged through the courts recently about this 
kind of "non-monetary" contribution ... especially in the Education 
Market?


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William H. Magill
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