Virus Eats School District's Homework 321
theodp writes "Forget about 'snow days' — the kids in the Lake Washington School District could probably use a few 'virus days.' Laptops issued to each student in grades 6-12 were supposed to accelerate learning ('Schools that piloted the laptops found that students stayed engaged nad [sic] organized whiel [sic] boosting creativity,' according to the district's Success Stories), but GeekWire reports that a computer virus caused havoc for the district as it worked its way through the Windows 7 computers, disrupting class and costing the district money — five temporary IT staff members were hired to help contain the virus. Among the reasons cited for the school district's choice of PCs over Macs were the proximity to Microsoft HQ (Redmond is in the district), Microsoft's involvement in supporting local and national education, and last but not least, cost. In the past, the Lake Washington School District served as a Poster Child of sorts for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group."
Looks like the school district (Score:5, Funny)
Make all school districts use Windows! (Score:5, Funny)
Just imagine how many new IT jobs this would create.
Re:Make all school districts use Windows! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Is it 10 years already? (Score:4, Funny)
Bill Gates also thought (in 2004) that we'd defeat spam in two years. [theregister.co.uk]
The only fool bigger than one who believes a prediction from MS is one who believes a promise from MS.