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____/ Terry Porter on Wednesday 07 Oct 2009 07:05 : \____
> Each unit cost $260 (including teacher-training and connection charges)
> and the estimated annual maintenance cost is $21. In total, the scheme
> has cost less than 5% of the education budget.
>
> Compare that to the farce that Microsoft has cooked up for Australia,
> where only one in 9 students will have a netbook due to the $2500+ cost
> per unit.
GNU/Linux and libre software are massive in South America. The UK, US, and
AU will probably be last to liberate themselves... from themselves (English-speaking
proprietary multinationals).
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