Convincing a school district to migrate from OS X to Ubuntu or Edubuntu

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Christopher J Combrink wrote:
> Macs are making huge head-way in South Africa. 
>
> As you say - they are popular amongst developers and also now,
> Engineers. Stable. Powerful. What more do you need? (Personally, I still
> love Ubuntu over OSX)
>   
It's not quite the same if you are talking about students. Developers 
and engineers probably get plenty of leeway on what their desktops look 
like. I don't think I'd be doing that for students...especially if they 
are in grade school and you have to teach them how to use the computer 
to spice up their homework/presentation/whatever.
> Nothing wrong with a Mac running 8.10 ;) 
>   
Agreed on that. Too bad you cannot build a cheaper computer with the 
same aesthetics.