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"Join Representative Rob Eissler, school district administrators, TEA staff, and experts from Gartner, Inc. in this forum on June 23, 2010 on the effects of HB4294, the future of ebooks, and BYOT."

Rob Eissler
President/Member, Conroe Independent School District Board of Trustees.
Rep House Dist. 15 the Woodlands

Chair of House Committee on Public Education
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?LegSess=81R&CmteCode=C400
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Reports/Report.aspx?ID=committee&LegSess=81R&Code=C400

Gartner, Inc:
http://bvit.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=505922

"According to Mark Driver, an analyst at Gartner Inc., the overwhelming majority of commercial open-source efforts today are based on a dual-license model. Customers should know, he says, that with this option, "the open-source-ness of the product comes into question." While open-source software licenses cost less than commercial software licenses, they include terms and conditions that restrict your use and lock you into a vendor. "We're seeing pushback from users who say, 'I went to open source to avoid these commitments,' as well as those who just want a piece of software that works well and is cheap," Driver says."

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/345986/open-source_software_hidden_snags/

On ebook readers:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/gartner-2010-will-be-the-year-e-book-readers-take-off/27113

HB 4294

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/billlookup/History.aspx?LegSess=81R&Bill=HB4294

http://en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/edu4u/b/edu4u-blog/archive/2009/04/29/texas-house-bill-4294-affecting-textbook-and-technology-purchases.aspx

More on Google:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=hb+4294+texas&aq=0sx&aqi=g-sx1&aql=&oq=HB4294+T&gs_rfai=CcHy9_80GTJqNM4XUM8vi_dAKAAAAqgQFT9BNs3U&fp=8e2eaff5ad61b15c