How a Microsoft Piracy Threat almost led us to Open Source… Almost!
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| So the long and short of this story is that Microsoft Piracy threat almost
| led people to Linux, but when the students didn’t have to shell out the HUGE
| amount of money for it, Linux was just too inaccessible. But when the had to
| shell out money (as in the case of Office), they opted for the cheaper (free)
| alternatives.
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http://alternativenayk.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/how-a-microsoft-piracy-threat-almost-led-us-to-open-source-almost/
http://tinyurl.com/2qra49
Edubuntu to the rescue again
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| The necessary database and web server backends to support available library
| software like Koha are either included out of the box or are readily
| available and Koha, in particular, is built on Debian Linux (as is Ubuntu),
| so I figured this would be a solid choice. The ‘buntus are also particularly
| easy to use, making this a nice choice for a librarian from Windows-land.
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http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1212
Related:
Open source booming in K-12 education
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| An eSchools report (right) says open source spending is growing 70% per year,
| and will be up 800% in 2011 from last year’s level.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1376
U.S. schools may join inexpensive laptop project
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| A project that aims to deliver low-priced laptops with string pulleys
| to the world's poorest children may have a new market: U.S. schools.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2642385520070426
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