Linux in schools?

[Scott McKean]

Hi Paul,

There has been quite a lot of discussion on the Open Source Industry
Australia (OSIA) mailing list recently regarding this subject.

All of the list discussions are archived (but you will need to subscribe
to the list, free). Check out http://www.osia.net.au also
http://lists.osia.net.au/mailman/listinfo/ for mailing list info.

Hope that helps,

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On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 20:53 +1100, Paul Garrett wrote:
> 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)
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