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[senco-forum] Microsoft & SEN

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Article: [senco-forum] Microsoft & SEN

From: Gillian Clayton <jillclayton at mac.com>
>    I am considering a report to the Competition
> Commission. Am I just   being a neurotic Apple fan? Jill 

Sorry about the last email (I'm using a school Windoze
machine not my mac at home)

I agree it is a serious issue and grossly unfair to
Micro$ofts competitors and also unfair to SEN students who
often find alternative programs easier to use and more
intuitive.

However I feel your post perpetuates the myth that Macs
don't do M$, they do, more so now than ever.

Forum users should be aware that Macs run Micro$oft office.
They are also the only computers which run both OS X Tiger
AND Windows XP.

The issue with CLAIT isn't that you can't use Macs, you can.
The issue is that you can't use freeware alternatives to M$
such as Open Office.

I say yes, do contact the competition comission.



--
Mark Norwood
www.avssc.org

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Thought:
A higher percentage of eggs sold are from free range hens 
than the percentage of Tea bags sold are Fairtrade.
Conclusion: We live in a century where people are more
concerned
about the welfare of chickens than they are the welfare of
people.
PLEASE BUY FAIRTRADE!
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