You didn't say you were in the US, but my US experience in involvement with primary school and computers suggests that contracting a deadly disease might be preferable unless you're really into rejection. The mix, age, and vendor of the OS in your current computer lab may be personally offensive to you, but my guess is that the kids are getting done what they need to get done. Are the kids going to be smarter running a program on Edubuntu than on Windows 95? The biggest difference probably will be that the programs supported by your school district will be way harder to run and support in Linux than their native Windows.
It's unlikely that anybody at the school wants to be a Computer Expert. They just want to run a program with the minimum amount of cost and work, which is why the computer lab is the way it is. After you revamp it, everything will be the same as it was (but technologically way cooler, of course), but then you'll be the only one who understands it, you'll be getting the calls every time there's a problem, and anyone who didn't agree with the decision will be ready to throw rocks at you on convenient occasions.
The reviewer is wrong; open source can obviously help reduce the cost of this educational waste. If you're going to waste, you might as well waste efficiently.
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You didn't say you were in the US, but my US experience in involvement with primary school and computers suggests that contracting a deadly disease might be preferable unless you're really into rejection. The mix, age, and vendor of the OS in your current computer lab may be personally offensive to you, but my guess is that the kids are getting done what they need to get done. Are the kids going to be smarter running a program on Edubuntu than on Windows 95? The biggest difference probably will be that the programs supported by your school district will be way harder to run and support in Linux than their native Windows. It's unlikely that anybody at the school wants to be a Computer Expert. They just want to run a program with the minimum amount of cost and work, which is why the computer lab is the way it is. After you revamp it, everything will be the same as it was (but technologically way cooler, of course), but then you'll be the only one who understands it, you'll be getting the calls every time there's a problem, and anyone who didn't agree with the decision will be ready to throw rocks at you on convenient occasions.
The reviewer is wrong; open source can obviously help reduce the cost of this educational waste. If you're going to waste, you might as well waste efficiently.
It's a different company with the same name that bought all the assets for about a penny on the dollar. That's the only reason they can make money.