Canadian Education

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Sunday, February 28, 2010

And yes, people DO get fired for using Microsoft...just ask the London Stock Exchange's ex-CEO Clara Furse...who insisted on using MS for mission critical systems...and cost the exchange billions when it failed!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

If you know of someone who has an XO from the OLPC project, especially if it is collecting dust, it can provide much needed assistance to children in Haiti. More details at:

wiki.laptop.org http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_for_Haiti
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Haiti
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_for_Haiti/Support

And you might want to have a look at what this Canadian company, Userful.com, is doing in 100 countries around the world, installing linux systems in schools and libraries! userful.com :-)

Not bad, eh? 30,000 schools using userful systems!! :-)
microsoft-plays-catch-up-linux-virtual-desktop

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day! :-)
And Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, the Year of the Tiger! Roarrrrrr! :-)