************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** Spaniards Consider Putting on Tux Juan Alberto Belloch is running for mayor of Zaragoza, capital of Spain's=20 Arag=F3n province, on the Open Cities platform--a plan to put technical= teams=20 in cities across Spain to develop open source software for their respective= =20 cities and the country as a whole. The plan will also make Arag=F3n a=20 showcase for open source applications, and has the support of the mayors of= =20 Seville, Lleida, Matar=F3, Madrid and Gij=F3n, as well as local businessmen.= =20 Belloch currently leads in the polls for the November 2003 general=20 elections, and the Arag=F3n Parliament has unanimously passed a bill in=20 support of free software. However, Bob Kramer, of the Initiative for=20 Software Choice, warns that such measure may violate World Trade=20 Organization agreements, and argues for the "competitive coexistence" of=20 software from different development models. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,58764,00.html EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ GET YOU FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp GET PREMIUM EDUCATON VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING GET FEATURED MERCHANT VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ = =20 <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com VENDORS REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING Find PREMIUM & FEATURED MERCHANT LISTING ALSO http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp SERVICES http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters, New-list http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>