Helen Soule applauds the concept behind Microsoft Corp.'s plan to settle lawsuits from disgruntled consumers by providing computers, software and other high-tech resources to poor schools.
``If structured properly, the settlement could really have far-reaching positive effects on the students of the United States,'' said Soule, who - as director of technology for the state of Mississippi - has spent years working to get computers into Mississippi's most poverty-stricken schools.
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