Computers in schools are an environmental time-bomb
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| The solution, according to Sirius Corporation, is a move away from the
| ECTA frameworks to leaner hardware and 'virtualised' network services.
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| Traditional 'fat-client' workstations should be replaced by low-power
| 'thin-client' terminals. With flat screens and server consolidation
| power consumption could be reduced even further.
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| Hardware requirements to run Windows Vista means these consumption
| figures will rise even futher. Schools are using computers as room
| heaters which then need to be cooled using expensive air conditioning
| and Modern thin-client networks could reverse this trend and are
| available from the Open Source community and vendors of proprietary
| software today.
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=213
Linux = less machines to dismantle (in accordance with disposal laws), less
energy to burn (environmental/energy factor), money/labour/material to save.
Open Source in general seems to reduce waste and a self-destructive culture
of reproduction, as well stifling of innovation.
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