Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> George Peatty on Thursday
>
>> I don't like the implied notion that "only Commies like open source", but
>> this is otherwise a good article.
>>
>> http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060831/D8JRDBVG3.html
>
> Australia? Commies?
>
> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;885559750;fp;2;fpid;1
>
> Linux desktops sneak into NSW education
> 31/08/2006 12:10:46
Indiana State in US has turned Red also:
http://tuttlesvc.teacherhosting.com/wordpress/?p=148
Posted on Monday, July 10th, 2006
| The biggest deployment of desktop Linux in K-12 schools in the US is
| taking place in Indiana. Theyâve got 24,000 Linux desktops currently
| deployed in Indiana high school English classrooms, with plans to
| increase that to 170,000 in a year.
| Before starting this Linux deployment they did a survey of computer
| use in Indiana schools. The state had spent $100 million a year over
| 10 years on technology in education. The average student used a
| computer for 35 minutes a week. Thatâs a billion dollars over 10
| years for 35 minutes a week per kid. There is no better statistic
| to demonstrate how broken our current paradigm is.
| Time needed for a Windows-using high school student to acclimate him
| or herself to the Linux desktop: 10 minutes.
I've got Mao Tse Torvalds' Little Red Book:
http://www.debian.org/doc/
Sign me up!
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