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[News] Linux Estimated to Have Saved School 90% of Spendings

  • Subject: [News] Linux Estimated to Have Saved School 90% of Spendings
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:26:26 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
  • User-agent: KNode/0.9.0
  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1130320
Brandon Elementary transformed by K12LTSP

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| Two parent volunteers at an Atlanta district school have
| revolutionized technology use there by replacing Windows
| workstations with Linux on thin clients, using
| K12LTSP.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Howard and Fragakis estimate that installing
| used hardware with a cost-free operating system saved
| Brandon Elementary 90% of what it would have cost to
| install Windows XP PCs, and that doesn't include
| savings on operational and support costs. But the
| biggest benefit can't be counted in dollars.
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http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/10/2115242

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