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Ostrich Lessons In Oregon?

Posted by Hemos on from the going-for-the-cheap dept.

dalslad writes "Oregon Schools Prove Linux Saves Money, says the headline but this article says "One has to wonder if Northwest school districts took ostrich lessons; they must represent the biggest secret in the Linux community. If their successes occurred in New York, Microsoft would be fighting for 5% of the PC desktop share". Maybe so? I've seen a lot of sites with Linux success stories, but the K12 Linux projects show progress I never knew existed." Yeah, I don't think that the schools are going to prove to be the sole factor in Linux on the desktop, but it's a good step. More importantly, I think the success of the system depends on projects like the K12 Linux project and its like, especially for broader individual usage.

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  1. Oregon, Slashdot, Microsoft and Google...??? by jkrise · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sometime back, I tried searching thru the Google news site, for the Oregon Open Source bill. Curiously, I got a wrong reference to a March 6 Slashdot article. Right now, Google lists 'zero' matches for an "Oregon Microsoft Slashdot" search.

    Something crazy going on between Google and Slashdot? Why this hide-and-seek??

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  2. CHARITY? by dimer0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... and then if Microsoft acts as a charitable organization, they're free to ignore the national do-not-call list, and interrupt my dinner to try to sell me Frontpage 2004!!!

  3. Re:You broke the /. Golden Rule by DeadSea · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    In my experience, moderators are often more than willing to moderate up posts that say Microsoft is doing a good job, or indeed posts with which they disagree. I have found that it is very common for a moderator to moderate up both a post with which they disagree and the best rebuttal response to it.

    I am very sceptical of anonymous cowards posting that something will be modded down although it shouldn't be. I'm guessing that as often as not, it is the original poster trying a bit of reverse psychology.

  4. Did somebody say K12? by DaveOf9thKey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh, man, this operating system... it's PURE SNOW!

    I froze the left half of my brain! Look! I can't move my right arm!

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