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[Nathaniel S Borenstein <nborenst@us.ibm.com>]

David Clark is still having trouble
posting to this list.  I'll be working on it, but meanwhile....  who
is Myra, he asks?  -- Nathaniel

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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:02:54 -0400
From: "David Clark" < david.clark@umb.edu>
Sender: dmclarkici@gmail.com
To: mpaciello@paciellogroup.com
Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Altruism or...
Cc: Peter.Korn@sun.com,
office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org
In-Reply-To: <02bd01c690c6$17ee10c0$6602a8c0@Sherlock>

who is myra?

On 6/15/06, mike paciello <mpaciello@paciellogroup.com>
wrote:
>
> Touche without the accent ;-)
>
> I just found it a little ironic that MS came up with all the money
> specifically for the State of Mass in light of this years ODF
> decision....Might be worth contacting Myra to see if she can influence
> some
> of the curriculm to include accessibility for young developers...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter.Korn@Sun.COM
[mailto:
Peter.Korn@Sun.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:44 PM
> To: mpaciello@paciellogroup.com
> Cc: office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Altruism or...
>
> Hi Mike,
> > Now...if ODF could come up with $50 million..
> >
>
> Oh, you mean like: 
>
> http://www.betanews.com/article/Sun_Donates_StarOffice_to_NonProfits/1118687
> 222
> and http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS8090756097.html
and
> http://www.giftsinkind.org/news/releases/news_2005_p2pnet_june13.asp
and
> http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-05/sunflash.20040506.1.xml
> and
> http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-08/sunflash.20020828.1.xml
> and http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-09/sunflash.20020917.1.xml
??
>
> I think with the last one we value the donation at $6 billion...
>
>
> Peter
> >
> > MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE GRANT FROM MICROSOFT Microsoft
has
> > announced a donation of as much as $30 million in software to
high 
> > school and college students in Massachusetts. The software package
> > will include software-writing and Web-development tools and is
valued
> > at about $800 per high school student and $2,400 per college
student. 
> > The software will be offered to all public high schools and colleges
> > in the state; the total amount of the donation will depend on
how many
> > of the state's students participate in the program. Massachusetts
has 
> > about 300,000 high school and 125,000 college students. Nate
> > Mackinnon, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Education,
> > said the donation could help minimize a growing gap in science
between 
> > U.S. and international students by seeding an interest in technology
in
> high school and being able to foster those skills in college.
> > Associated Press, 13 June 2006
> > http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=
> > <http://www.educause.edu/email/edupage/ep061406/track.asp?id=story_1>
> > 5026245 
> > <http://www.educause.edu/email/edupage/ep061406/track.asp?id=story_1>
> >

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