Aiken, SC High School Deploying Moodle
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| Midland Valley High School, in Aiken, SC, recently received a grant of $1
| million - out of 5 million going to various schools. The grant will allow the
| school to offer each freshman student a laptop they can keep for the full 4
| years they attend the school. Additionally, the school is deploying Moodle, a
| GPL'ed e-learning system.
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http://blue-gnu.biz/node/91
Also new (and impressive):
Actuate Harnesses Open Source to Advance Leadership in BI
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070813005296&newsLang=en
Related:
Russian government to finance Linux version for schools
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| Russian Ministry of Finance approved RUR 3 bln financing from state budget
| for software on school computers.
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http://webplanet.ru/english/2007/07/24/russian_soft_en.html
Linux employment in German schools rises
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| According to a study of the computer science Dienstleisters DLGI the German
| schools invest into computer science instruction, whereby Linux and
| OpenOffice.org are increasingly used.
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| The Microsoft monopoly at the schools, which is to be at present about 99%,
| will crumble in the coming two years, found DLGI out in the study. In this
| period new PC systems want to purchase, over 40% also new Office software
| over 50% of the asked schools. Many look actively for alternatives to
| Microsoft.
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http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=mozclient&num=50&u=http%3A//www.pro-linux.de/news/2007/11520.html
http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2007/11520.html
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