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Microsoft opposes open content
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 2006-09-01 23:23:10 

  


  

    

Members of the US Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education endorsed a report that would undergo only minor copy editing and “wordsmithing” before it would be presented to Education Secretary Margaret Spellings later this month.

That agreement was nearly imperiled last weekend, though. Gerri Elliott, corporate vice president at Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Sector division, sent an e-mail message to fellow commissioners Friday evening saying that she “vigorously” objected to a paragraph in which the panel embraced and encouraged the development of open source software and open content projects in higher education.

 
Charles Evans
Executive Director, Free Curricula Center


 


  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     2006-09-02 18:18:26
  


  

    
Charles wrote:

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http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/01/commission

I responded with a comment, so view it again and I'm at the
bottom.

-=Steve=-

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     2006-09-02 18:37:12
  


  

    

  


  

    
On 02 Sep 2006, at 14:18, Steve Foerster wrote:

Charles wrote:

 
 

I responded with a comment, so view it again and I'm at the bottom.

-=Steve=-
 

Very nicely stated.  I look forward to the day when FCC members are on such committees.

Charles Evans
Executive Director, Free Curricula Center


 


  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     2006-09-02 19:06:31
  


  

    
Charles wrote:

> Very nicely stated.  I look forward to the day when FCC
members
> are on such committees.

I know what you mean, but while I may a cynic, I don't
think those
committees are worth capturing.  I think it's much better
in the long
run simply to produce material that only a fool would
decline to use.
After all, since when does real change come within the
system?

-=Steve=-

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On 02 Sep 2006, at 15:06, Steve Foerster wrote:

Charles wrote:

 
Very nicely stated.  I look forward to the day when FCC members
are on such committees.
 

I know what you mean, but while I may a cynic, I don't think those
committees are worth capturing.  I think it's much better in the long
run simply to produce material that only a fool would decline to use.
After all, since when does real change come within the system?

Granted, neither of us is as outspoken as Richard Stallman.  Still, the publicity would be nice.

 
Charles Evans
Executive Director, Free Curricula Center


 


  

  
  
   
     
    






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