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Re: Stretching the Education Dollar With Linux
Posted by: Lisa Hoover 2007-04-03 06:32:23

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As the cost of equipping classrooms with everything from chalk to chairs continues to escalate, many school districts are turning to open source solutions as a viable alternative to expensive software for in-class computers. School IT managers are discovering not only that Linux-based distributions a great way to save money, but also that allowing users access to the software's underlying source code may introduce students to technical aptitude they didn't know they had.

Re: Stretching the Education Dollar With Linux
Posted by: MrsW 2007-04-03 13:05:37 In reply to: Lisa Hoover

Great explanatory article ~ especially for non-technical types like classroom teachers. It would be great to have more articles like this.
I posted a link to this article at: http://learningwithlinux.blogspot.com/