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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. eff pee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I hate your grandma

  2. Posted Quickly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Good idea to post another story quickly... That story about open source being better than closed source was such an obvious sham it was getting a little embarrassing, even for the shoddy 'journalism' we see here on /.

  3. You broke the /. Golden Rule by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You made a great point, but since it was slightly in favor of M$, prepare to be modded down :(

  4. Linux isn't feasible for education by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    While Linux may be a viable option for High School computers and servers running behind the scenes, it is hardly fitting for use in elementary and middle school desktops. Most teachers will be feaful of it and unsure of what to do with it. Assuming some techie guy comes in and installs Linux and gets everything configured correctly, what then? There is some educational software in Linux, but not much. What are these teachers actually going to do with the computers then? I think it's great that Open Source is being considered in education, but it still has its limited applicability. Too often I see people pushing Linux all over the place and making it out to be the cure-all for any computing solution and that's not the case.

  5. Re:and if you act now.... by The+Grassy+Knoll · · Score: 0, Troll

    >These people were complete computer idiots. I mean their big problem with the Linux desktop was that they didn't like the fonts

    You sir are the idiot. And it's Linux's problem if users don't like the fonts.

    After all, what are computers for?

    Dur... they're for users!

    Ask Steve Jobs...

    Rob

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    They will never know the simple pleasure of a monkey knife fight