Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.

[Andre Mangan]

True enough, however, the netbook rollout program is last year's news.
Launched in NSW by Julia Gillard in August 2009.

Linux was considered.

The planning that preceded the implementation claimed that the support costs
for running Linux were too high and that support for Microsoft was already
established.  The NSW Government (then Nathan Rees) listened to "its IT
experts" and made a business agreement with MS to provide the software.

Andre
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