<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 26/02/2009, at 11:08 PM, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">A group of us were wondering when there are now children without schools and parents without jobs, <br>why we are posting our money overseas to prop up struggling software companies? If we are keen to <br>stimulate our economy, we should probably look closer to home.<br> <br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/2/26 Mark Kelly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Not ITA, but may be of interest to some out there. From the Ultranet newsletter:<br> <br> "The revised tender for the Ultranet was put to the market late last year, featuring revised specifications to ensure value for money and the best long-term outcomes for Victorian government schools.<br> Five software companies are vying for the project as part of a selective tender process... The shortlisted companies are<br> <br> Blackboard Australia Pty Ltd,<br> Desire2Learn Incorporated,<br> Microsoft Australia,<br> Oracle and<br> RM Asia-Pacific.<br> <br> Ms Pike said the project would still be delivered within the original budget of $60.5 million and the original timeframe of the third quarter of 2010.<br> <br> For the latest information on the Ultranet visit the website at:<br> <a href="http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/ultranet/default.htm" target="_blank">http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/ultranet/default.htm</a>"<br> <br> -- <br> Mark Kelly<br> Manager - Information Systems<br> McKinnon Secondary College<br> McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br> Direct line / Voicemail: 8520 9085<br> School Phone +613 8520 9000<br> School Fax +613 9578 9253<br> <a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br> <br> Webmaster - <a href="http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a><br> IT Lecture notes: <a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a><br> Moderator: IT Applications Mailing List<br> <br> 'You're born. You eat sweet potato. You die.'<br> Easter Island proverb.<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> <a href="http://www.edulists.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.edulists.com.au</a> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe<br> IT Applications Mailing List kindly supported by<br> <a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html" target="_blank">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html</a> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and<br> <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au" target="_blank">http://www.vitta.org.au</a> - VITTA Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc<br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br> _______________________________________________ <br> <a href="http://www.edulists.com.au"> http://www.edulists.com.au </a> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe <br> IT Applications Mailing List kindly supported by <br> <a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/itapplications3-4.html "> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/infotechindex.html </a> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and <br> <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au"> http://www.vitta.org.au </a> - VITTA Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc</blockquote></div><br></body></html>