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Fri, 05 Aug 2005

Much as I'm a fan of Linux and Unix like operating systems, I have to tell you that there's only one thing driving this experiment: money. Apple has priced themselves out of the educational market, and Microsoft hasn't stepped up with a reliable solution. Linspire was inspired to take this on: the domino effect in this kind of semi-closed market can be staggering.

Hundreds of thousands of Linux machines could eventually be used in Indiana schools, if a pilot project goes well.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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On 8/5/2005 21:05:19
Molly wrote

It might be money (or a lack thereof) guiding the decision, but I think that's pretty smart on the part of the schools. Personally, I'm waiting for the day that financially strapped library systems realize that instead of the tens of thousands of dollars they spend on proprietary library systems they could run one of the several open-source library systems on Linux and use the money to hire a good systems librarian or programmer to run the whole thing full-time instead of depending on vendor reps to keep it up and running. In any event, Linspire is starting to look like a company to watch: first they got Wal-Mart on board, and now school systems. Get the kids familiar with a system their parents can more easily afford (and not only that, but in rural areas, there's almost certainly a Wal-Mart closer than there's a Best Buy or an Apple Store), and your sales will almost certainly increase.

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