Socialist Party Smoke Screen
The Socialist Party (PS) in government has long been in bed with Microsoft. A great part of this government's "technology jump" initiative compromised of subsidizing Windows labtops for school children, much to the joy of manufacturers like Toshiba.
Meanwhile schools were closed down and teachers let go. Also, schools that have temporary classrooms, or whole temporary installations, made out of pre-fabricated material - and that have been like this for over 30 years - continue to decay. There was a news report illustrating this sad situation during this winter when they showed decaying classrooms with no heating, with teachers and students unable to concentrate on the task at hand, but there were no lack of labtop computers in the classroom.
Then there's also the issue of the "Magalhães", what is essentially a plagiarism of the "One Labtop per Child" initiative in which they basically use a Windows XP netbook in a ruggedized casing which is assembled in Portugal (not built, like our media loves to tout) and then given off as an example of Portuguese ingenuity.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
