An independent audit of the Bexley school district's technology department
revealed several problems and resulted in the school board firing network
manager Curtis Mason last week.
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| The audit, performed by Louis Haskell of Dublin-based Haskell
| Technologies, is a review of the management of the IT department,
| not technical issues, with a focus on what changes are needed to
| transition the district's computer systems from a Windows environment
| to a Linux environment.
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School District Did Not Fire Network Manager For Recommending Linux
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| I emailed the writer of that same article to ask if Curtis Mason was
| really fired for recommending Linux. The reply confirmed my suspicion...
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| Lets not get into sensationalistic hissy fits, that?s reserved only
| for Microsoft.
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http://www.techybytes.com/school-district-did-not-fire-network-manager-for-recommending-linux/
District to save money by switching computers to Linux
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| Hyland said the district hopes to get all of its computers
| running Linux exclusively by 2010. By that time, administrators
| should have identified new Linux programs for Bexley students,
| including kindergartners. Hyland said she wants to get
| kindergartners started with a program that teaches typing so
| that Bexley students are familiar with technology early on.
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