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<DIV><SPAN class=319284420-15032007><FONT face="Courier New">Can you aproach
this as an unfunded mandate?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=319284420-15032007><FONT face="Courier New">The DOE is
mandating you use IE, will they pay for it?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Steven Santos<BR>Director, Simply Circus, Inc.<BR>Email:
Steven@SimplyCircus.com<BR> Mail: 14 Pierrepont
Road<BR> Newton, MA 02462<BR>Phone:
617-527-0667<BR> Web: <A
href="http://www.simplycircus.com/">www.SimplyCircus.com</A> </DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> k12osn-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:k12osn-bounces@redhat.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>David
Hopkins<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:53 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Support list for open source software in schools.<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[K12OSN] OT: Required use of IE by State DOE<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><SPAN
class=gmail_quote></SPAN>"Because it violates all the canons of good web
design and is a stupid<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">idea
to boot" isn't a good enough reason?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Nope, not good enough. I tried that one 'way back when' and the
response was along the lines that "we are based on MS and it makes sense
to build the solution around the architecture we have". Thus, the need
for a legal argument as opposed to a technical merit argument.
<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR>Dave
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