__/ [ B Gruff ] on Sunday 27 August 2006 17:41 \__
> "Students in upstate New York have moved one step closer to having a
> computer at every desk thanks to a pilot program using Linux desktops from
> Novell on Intel-based computers"
>
> "This new program will significantly increase computing resources at school
> while still controlling costs. Ultimately, some 80,000 students in the Rome
> City School District and other schools supported by the Madison Oneida
> Regional Information Center could benefit. As a result, students will gain
> technology skills and a new research tool that will improve their learning
> experience"
>
> http://linux.sys-con.com/read/262426.htm
>
> Where are all those "My school won't let me use Linux" trolls when you need
> 'em?
Their Linux is Ready.
http://www.novell.com/linux/ready/step1.php
There is a lot of rigour going into this <
http://www.novell.com/company/logo/index.html > and with one school
(precedence) comes another. Some school swill wind up envious when Indiana
schools get more computers that do something other than spit viral packets
at one another (licence cost adds up and requires more support staff -- box
booters and virus removers).
By the way, the move in Indiana is probably more significant not only because
of scale, but also because no private schools appear to be involved. Linux
is popular in the private sector. When lawmakers are involved in the
selection of software, there's place for lobbying and briberies. I suspect
you can could that in the state of Massachusetts, even before that
controversy with the astigmatic emerged.
best wishes,
Roy
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