Indiana Schools May Purchase 300K Linux Computers

GuitarNeophyte writes "According to an article at PC Magazine, Indiana School systems may soon be purchasing around 300,000 Linpire desktop computers. Linspire, via its Education Program has a straight $500-per-school (not per-seat) cost, providing an incredibly-alluring price incentive for this to happen." From the article: "Many schools across the state have already had the chance to try out desktop Linux, and everyone seems excited to get this program going...This groundbreaking initiative makes it possible for schools to afford computers for every student, something that makes a huge impact on their overall educations."

Comments

support?

[Sebastopol]

Great. That's $500 x 300,000 of US taxpayer money.

Stupid idea.

Linux machines need a support staff. Windows machines can get by with phone support.

the evil of evolution

[dankelley]

Oh jeeze, just wait until the "intelligent design" knuckle draggers find out that the kids may be using evolution on these systems.