“Essential for School” ads
I’ve recently seen some “Essential for School” ads being run by Microsoft. They’re misleading in that they imply that their $300 office suite is “essential” for education. This is not true. There is a full office suite called OpenOffice.org available for anyone to download, as well as smaller word processors like AbiWord. Both of these are completely free and capable. OpenOffice.org has features that even Microsoft doesn’t offer, like built in PDF export.