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MS Excel moving with the times
Dec 1st
Over the last few days I have been spending more time in MS Excel than can be considered good for my health! As I tweeted this morning, this has obviously hasn’t been without its frustrations!
I don’t often use Excel for more than basic stuff, but this time I am putting together a front end to [...]
Microsoft vs Mandriva: The plot thickens
Nov 12th
Jonathan Carter has an update on the goings on regarding the Classmate PCs in Nigeria:
The plot has thickened as more details emerges in a PC World article.
The funder of 11000 of the 17000 classmate PC’s is insisting that Mandriva remains on the machines, at least for now. This will have a big impact on the [...]
Mandriva Vs. Windows
Nov 2nd
Yet more strange decisions regarding software choices where Microsoft is involved.
François Bancilhon writes an open letter to Steve Ballmer regarding the news that Mandriva Linux will be replaced by Windows XP on the 17,000 Classmate PCs for Nigerian schools.
We actually closed the deal, we took the order, we qualified the software, we got the machine [...]
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