Linux in schools?

[Paul Garrett]

Hi all.  Does anyone have any information (or contacts) about pursuing 
the opportunities for greater Linux penetration in schools through the 
new Government's education policy roll-out?

I am afraid that the speed of implementation will leave the FOSS forces 
flat-footed and that all that money will simply be soaked up by poor 
quality proprietary boxes being dumped on schools and being charged to 
Government at full price.  I notice that shares in companies like Harvey 
Norman have jumped as a result of the Labor win. 

Just think how many more machines (and the greater opportunity for 
really valuable education opportunities) would be generated by deploying 
even those (US) Everex $200 machines running Ubuntu.  The money saved 
could be put into genuine IT education.

Paul (Aubrey)