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Small size, small price, big impact
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| Chief Information Officer Ben Startzer said the
| district would purchase even more of the low-cost
| netbooks over the next year, eventually bumping
| that number up to around 1,000.
|
| [...]
|
| Netbooks at APS run on Linux Ubuntu, which is a
| free, open-source operating system distributed on
| the Internet. That helps keep costs down, Duran
| said, and the district mainly uses web applications
| that are freely distributed and require no
| licensing fees.
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http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2009/10/07/news/metro_aurora/doc4acd0e692e53b470063123.txt
Related:
Otellini: 'MID revolution will be centred round Linux'
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| Intel CEO says Microsoft's insistence on pushing Vista will hand market to
| open source rival
|
| Intel's CEO has said that he sees the revolution that is about to happen
| around mobile internet devices (MID) such as the Eee PC and other Atom-based
| sub-notebooks will be "centred round Linux", in an interview with Associated
| Press.
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http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29939/Otellini-MID-revolution-will-be-centred-round-Linux
Intel won't touch Vista
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| ACCORDING TO A memo circulating a few weeks ago, it looks like Intel is
| taking a wise decision and avoiding the Broken OS entirely. Yes, Intel is not
| going to use Vista on its corporate machines... ever.
|
| [...]
|
| So that leaves two other choices, Linux and Mac. Linux is a distinct
| possibility, they already have an in-house distro that causes employees look
| nervously around the room when you talk about it. Although it is not a
| desktop variant, there is no reason that they could not roll one given two
| years.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/intel-dumps-vista
Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft [after alleged
Microsoft bribery]
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| "We are sticking with that platform," said the official, who would not give
| his name.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=6124
http://tinyurl.com/27ycq9
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